The Dream of Flight 

There's something so powerful about that sight where the Solar Impulse flies over the Pyramids... one of humanity's oldest grand engineering feats juxtaposed with one of our newest. Our spirit of creation transcends location and time.

Rest in peace Antonov An-225 Mriya...

Just the words “man will be lifted by his own creation” gets me emotional

I literaly cried

Someone who was a teenager when the Wrights made their first flight in 1903 could easily have still been around to see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon in 1969.

As Aviation geek, I literally crying while watch this video.

If da vinci would know how far we've got

The song is epic +4 culture +4 touristm

It's videos like this that really make you realize just how much we take for granted these days.

When I'm down I watch this video and I immediately recover the faith on the humanity. We aren't lost, not yet.

There is no greater glory than serving the ideal of pushing humanity forward.

3:15 - Harrier jump jet - First military Vertical-TakeOff-and-Landing jet ever created 3:19 - An225 - Biggest Aircraft ever in commercial service (till 2022, destroyed in Ukraine) 3:23 - F-16 - One of the most built, used by most country, most advanced 4th Generation fighter in the world 3:25 - A380-800 - The biggest commercial airliner in the world 3:30 - F-35B - The most advanced military jet ever created 3:44 - Boeing 747-400 - Queen of the Sky, most beautiful commercial airliner ever built 3:44 - Panavia Tornado - ummm..... last swap wing fighter 3:44 - C-17 GobalMaster III - One of the best military transport aircraft ever made, winning 33 world record

3:20 hits hard 😢

The two shots of the B-29 deploying both an atomic bomb, the most destructive weapon ever conceived by mankind, and the Bell X-1, the crucial first step in our journey beyond our home to the stars beyond, is some real biblical, swords-to-ploughshares shit. Love it.

My dad was an Air Force pilot. He lived and breathed flying. He painted airplanes. His favorite poem was, unsurprisingly, John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s High Flight. My sister and I used to joke that to get his attention we’d need to have propellers on our noses. When he died, I pictured him standing behind young pilots as they learned to fly, giving them the confidence and deep love he had for flying. Inspiring them. The first time I heard Sogno di Volare, I cried. Dad would have loved it.

0:05 one of the Montgolfier hot air balloons 0:09 Vorflügelapparat by Otto Lilienthal (i think) 0:12 same guy different design 0:17 unknown (feel free to comment if you know) 0:28 Wright Flyer 0:58 unknown plane flown by Raymonde de Laroche 1:02 Sopwith Cuckoo 1:05 same Sopwith Cuckoo? (too shaky and blurry to tell) 1:08 unknown 1:20-1:34 Spirit of St. Louis 1:35 heinkel he 178 1:49 B17 1:52 dunno 1:55 one of the spitfire tropical variants? 2:04 BF109? 2:06 Spitfire 2:16 B29 2:29 dropping an XS-1 experimental plane from a b-29 2:34 de Havilland DH.106 Comet 2:38 de Havilland Vampire? 2:41 unknown 2:45 SR-71 blackbird 2:48 Apollo 11 3:09 Concorde 1:15 Harrier 3:19 Antonov An-225 3:22 F16 3:25 Airbus A380 3:30 F35 Joint Strike Fighter 3:33 Solar impulse 3:43 747 3:44 unknown 3:45 C17 Globemaster 3:46 Wright Flyer i'm bound to have gotten some thing wrong, and there were some i couldn't name, so feel free to let me know what i got wrong

Here after the launch of Artemis I. I am unbelievably proud to be a human being in this age. I wish NASA all the best in returning to the moon and beyond.

I think the Royal Airforce motto fits this well, “Per ardua ad astra” - Through adversity to the stars.

This is the best video in youtube. Hands down. Nothing compares to the sensation of being in control in the air.

"Don't believe everything you read on the internet" ~Abraham Lincoln. Da Vinci never said the "once you have tasted flight..." quote. It was made up for a documentary about him, as an example of the sort of thing he MIGHT have said, but there's no historical record of him ever actually saying it. However, the bit about Monte Cerceri actually IS a Da Vinci quote (or at least a paraphrasing of it).

Rest well Meastro da Vinci... We did it, we finally truly did it. We flew, just like you dreamed we would.

This video captured the aesthetic of these wonders of aviation. Thank you.

Christoper Tin is a genius as was Leonardo da Vinci. Love this, thank you for putting all the great milestones of flight to his music.

The final two shots juxtaposing a massive behemoth of an aircraft like the C-17 Globemaster with the Wright Flyer are just... Man...

Goosebumps, tears, feelings of joy. You get the whole package in this video!

It reminds me of that wonderful poem by John Gillespie, High Flight but with different words. One could literally feel as you watch the videos, that you are up there. My father was a Fleet Air Arm pilot in the RN and adored flying. He rarely speeded on the road as he always said he got those thrills in the air and I can see why. What a wow of a piece of music. My heart really soared as the aircraft climbed and flew through the air as I enjoy flying myself and fly back and forth to school when I was at Aberdeen from Heathrow and to other places. The thrill as the undercarriage lifted up as the pilot exerted that thrust into the sky, the sheer wonder of it all, I have never grown out of, thinking of all those pioneers who first took up the challenge of lifting into the sky. Perhaps I am a romantic deep at heart but then I feel we need more romance with all this doom and gloom. The exhilaration is spell binding.

3:20 RIP AN-225 :(((((((((

One day our future generations just like us, will look back and see how far we've come from 'simply' landing on the moon to reaching the limits of space and beyond.

My tear dropping by itself... We've come far....

Really nice clips, perfectly fitting that wonderful song

Inspirational video that restores resilience in aviation in the post - pandemic world.

At the lyric video- segment" Gaze towards the sky and you'll know that", a befitting tribute to Sir J.R.D Tata's Legacy to Civil Aviation and Air India owned by Tata Sons can be included to tap the potential of aviation historians and aviation photographers in India. Thank you RCA Photography for the Dream of Flight Video viewed by the Citizens of India and aviation enthusiasts on a daily basis for inspiration.

HERE AGAIN LISTENING TO TALENTED MR CHRISTOPHER TIN 'S SUPER GREAT COMPOSISTION OF LEONARDO DA VINCI 'S " THE DREAM OF FLIGHT " POWERFUL & THUNDEROUS !!!! MUSIC . FROM U.K. (2022).

something about this video gives me chills

This song goes with everything, Nice compilation!

Wow! 🤩🤩🤩 Thank you for the wonderful video!

2:48 This what give you goosebumps.

I feel like this is what this song was made for

No im not crying ... Honestly....

This actually made me cry a bit. Leonardo DaVinci would be proud of us. We went from flying just a hundred feet off the ground to toward the stars in less than 70 years. We have come so far. My favorite aircraft: Boeing 747 (a beautiful plane) Airbus A380 Antonov-225 Boeing 787 (AKA the Dreamliner) Boeing 777 (GE90 engines have an awesome sound when they start up) SR-71 Blackbird (One of the fastest planes ever built. Very badass looking. They're made of titanium, which is heat resistant)

It's gorgeous... and I don't say that often.

Part of the wright brothers plane was sent to Mars with the new Mars rover

If only Da Vinci could see this

No wonder this song felt extra inspirational to me. ITS ABOUT FLIGHT.

Lovely, Absolutely lovely mate. Those 10 people who dsliked were probably drunk and couldnt hear and see right ngl.

Our school sang this as a choir and it was beautiful

Rip an-225 3:20

I´ve got video casettes of The Dream of flight document as a kid - the best documentary film ever!

Over 1 year of time and not a single dislike

When the Spirit of St-Louis touches down in France and other planes are escorting him at that altitude... what a sight this must have been. I can only imagine the noise, the tension and the emotion!

Some observations: 0:05 - 1783, The first 'aerostatic' flight conducted with a hot air balloon by the Mongolfier bros. 0:09 - 1891-1896, early heavier than air gliders, by Otto Lilienthal 0:16 - 1853, with a glider created by George Cayley, the first manned heavier-than-air gliding flight was conducted. 0:20 - 1903, Wright brothers' Wright flyer, the first powered manned heavier-than-air flight 0:58 - 1910, Voisin flyer, the 36th pilot's license holder, Raymonde De Laroche, takes her first solo flight. 1:02 - Video is a Sopwith Cuckoo deploying an aerial torpedo from 1918 or so - the first dedicated torpedo-dropping aircraft was the Short 184 entering production in 1915. 1:05 - I believe these are Neuport 17s in formation, introduced in 1916. 1:07 - Possibly Morane-Saulnier AN two-seat fighters built 1918 - not confident 1:12 - Maybe a Sopwith Snipe. Introduced 1918. 1:17 - 1927, Charles Lindbergh pilots a custom build plane named 'Spirit of St Louis' on the first transatlantic flight. 1:36 - 1939, the first turbojet aircraft to take flight, He. 178, takes flight, piloted by Erich Warsitz. 1:48 - B-17 bombers, introduced 1938, claimed to have dropped more bombs than any other aircraft. 1:52 - P-47 Thunderbolt, introduced 1942. Weighing up to and over 8 tonnes, was one of the heaviest fighter aircraft of WW2. 1:56 - Hawker Typhoon, introducd 1941. Noted as a highly successful ground attack aircraft. 2:02 - Messerschmitt Me 109, introduced 1937, the most produced fighter aircraft in history. 2:06 - Supermarine Spitfire, introduced 1938, achieved the fastest speed attained by a piston-engined fighter (mach 0.91) during dive tests in 1944. 2:10 - B-29 Super Fortress, introduced 1944, conducted the first combat nuclear bombing. Is the only aircraft to conduct such a bombing. 2:20 - 1947 - Chuck Yeager in a Bell X1 rocket plane achieves supersonic flight. 2:34 - 1952 - De Havilland Comet, the first commercial jet airliner, is introduced. 2:37 - 1945 - The first take-off and landing trials of a jet fighter are conducted aboard the carrier HMS Ocean using a De Havilland Vampire piloted by Eric Brown. 2:42 - Maybe a Hawker Hunter (int. 1951) or McDonnell F2H Banshee (int. 1948). 2:45 - Lockheed SR-71 is introduced in 1966. It remains the fastest air-breathing jet aircraft. 2:50 - 1969, Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land on the surface of the moon is conducted successfully. 3:07 - 1969, Concorde, the first supersonic airliner, takes its first flight. 3:15 - 1967, Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational V/STOVL jet fighter-bomber, takes its first flight. The first V/STOL jet was the Short SC.1, which first attempted VTOL in 1958. 3:18 - 1988, the heaviest aircraft ever built with the largest wingspan, Antonov An-225, takes its first flight. 3:22 - 1974, General Dynamics F-16, the first relaxed stability fly-by-wire fighter jet, takes its first flight. 3:25 - 2005, The Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner, takes its first flight 3:30 - 2006(?), the F-35B, the first fifth-generation V/STOL fighter, takes its first flight 3:34 - 2016, Solar Impulse conducts the first global flight via solar-power.

Oh, I love this so much!

POWERFUL !!!! THUNDEROUS INDEED !! LOVE IT !! FROM U.K.

3:20 RIP Mriya :C

very inspiring, approved

The first human starships built should be named Orville and Wilbur Wright

It's mind blowing that we went from the Wright Flyer to the SR-71 in the space of a person's lifetime.

Underrated video

I want to be an inventor, and this is inspiring af.

Chills man

Crazy to think that took only 66 years from the first plane to the first man on the moon

This needs to be played for the starship orbital launch!

Beautiful tribute, but where is Yuri Gagarin, first man in space?

Civ 6 music. this is amazing

Where's Alberto Santos Dummont? BTW a really great video, good job!

Ag Pilots in their monoplanes can also be included in this video for their contribution to agricultural aviation.

Santos Dumont - Brazil

2:48 Saturn V, still the KING of rockets! And here's the composer's own RU-vid channel: ru-vid.com/show-UCLtA9_lHZUPRSJcFKmCxYUA

Best theme of all the civs

Incredible

meilleures vidéos de l'histoire de l'aviation

I prefer this to the official music video.

I love this, but, I think Sputnik 1 and Vostok 1 deserve a place here, I mean, the first manmade object to orbit earth, and the first human in space, but those are minor gripes I suppose

Goosebumps

Cry, don't cry, cry some more 😭

I would like to see more pioneers and less army planes in this video. I'm pretty sure that, when the lyrics talk about filling the universeve with wonder and glory, are not refering to bombing or killing ourselves. Per Aspera Ad Astra, Together.

I cannot wait for to shiver the sky

"Does color of the sky means anything special to you? For me is that deep dark blue." -Ace Combat 7 For the sky and beyond.

Dedicated to all pioneers...

This gives me faith in humanity

Great video, I am sure Christopher Tin would agree. But not to split hairs, 1969 Apollo 11 was Man's First Moon Landing; (Christmas) 1968 Apollo 8 was Man's First Flight to the Moon! §:c)

I find it so strange watching old videos in black and white knowing these were real people who though the same and saw colour but now they’re all gone and no longer exist just something creeps me out about that when I watch old footage I think it’s may be to do with how we know nothing until we’re born and watching all this happen when I wasn’t even born but time was different as I just appeared one day in the course of 17 years whilst all these people were living lives and figuring out technology (thank you for coming to my ted talk)

Freedom isn't Free.

Such beautiful creations would inevitably be used in war.

It would be nice if you could add the Salyut and Voyager, the first space station, and the first interstellar flight.

Chills

We Can!

It is astonishing to me the amount of technological progress mankind has made in flight in a century! We went from the first airplane in 1903 to sending a rocket to the moon in 1969!

The Jetman Dubai team need to play this song at demonstrations

Nice video!

2:48 I like how it does a Danny Elfman here

That should be a theme for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020...

Hmm. I really think you should've started with balloons and airships but this is a great music video

m8 you forgot to put rotorcraft but still a good video, liked!

progress after progress. at a cost, but progress nonetheless.

boy o boy

Fuck the Covenants, the Jar Jar Binks, the Uruks the dragons the... everything.... Mankind ftw.

3:20 Rip Mrija =(

6 comments, 60 likes, and 2k veiws, seems reasonable

A video about aviation history and nothing about santos dumont and the first plane ever invented the 14bis ????????