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The Greatest man in the world

United States, 1980
film

Episode of Series “The American Short Story”. An adaptation of a James Thurber story featuring Brad Davis, Carol Kane and Howard da Silva. The fir..

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Those magnificent men in their flying machines or How I flew from London to Paris in 25 hours and 11 minutes

United States, 1965
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The Flying man

United Kingdom, 1962
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The Flight of the Gossamer Condor

United States, 1978
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Hinkler: the aviator

Australia, 1990
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Gossamer Albatross: flight of imagination

United States, 1979
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The Undefeated

United Kingdom, 1950
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The Little airplane that grew

United States, 1968
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The Boy who could fly

United States, 1986
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A Thousand hours

United States, 1936
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Man in flight

United States, 1957
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Icarus

Australia, 1975
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The Balgonie birdman

Canada, 1991
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Challenge over the Atlantic

United States, 1979
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The Icarus wish

United States, 1971
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Around the world in eighty days

United States, 1956
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Why explore space?

United States, 1962
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Around the world in 80 days

United Kingdom, 1989
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Flight: a new awareness

United States, 1973
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