“I joined the air force. I took to it immediately when I arrived there. I did three years, eight months, and ten days in all, but it took me a year and a half to get disabused of my romantic notions about it.” YearsThreeForceHalfAirMonthsTenNotionEightThree YearsAir Force Author:Morgan Freeman
“I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.” YearsTwoForceAirShoesEightFlewAeroplanesAir Force Author:Al Gore
“In Angels in America, I got to fulfill a lifelong dream. I was in the air eight nights a week for two years, and I just loved it.” YearsTwoDreamAmericaNightAirWeekAngelEightTwo YearsLifelongAngels In America Author:Ellen McLaughlin
“My mother married again after my father's death - another Royal Air Force officer, and a very different kind of man. We went to Australia when I was eight or nine. We lived there for a couple of years, and then came back and lived in North Wales for the whole of my teenage years... I learned how to write poems quite a lot. I just had a good time reading and reading and reading. So that's where I did most of my growing up.” MenWritingYearsKindDifferentWholeMotherReadingFatherForceGrowing UpGrowingAirCoupleMarriedEightNineGood TimesAustraliaOfficersDifferent KindsTeenageRoyalAir ForceWalesTeenage YearsHad A Good Time Author:Philip Pullman
“We all know we have a problem, a broad problem. Ninety-eight percent of the fuel that is used by our vehicles, our autos and trucks for personal and commercial purposes, for highway and air travel operates on oil. The world has the same problem.” KnowsWorldProblemUsedPurposeAirTravelPercentEightOilFuelBroadsVehicleFunny TravelHighwaysTruckNinetyAir TravelNinety Eight Author:John Olver
“On some summer days in New York City, the air hangs thickly visible, like the combined exhalations of eight million souls. Steam rising from vents underground makes you wonder if there isn't one giant sweat gland lodged beneath the city.” IfsSoulCitiesWonderMillionsAirNew YorkSummerEightGiantsRisingVisibleNew York CitySweatSteamSummer DaysGlands Author:Diane Ackerman
“Hillary Clinton flew with President Bush to New York City on Tuesday. She was amazed at the changes aboard Air Force One. For eight years she believed that flight attendants couldn't wear clothes because it made the plane too heavy.” YearsMadeForcePresidentCitiesAirNew YorkClothesClintonHeavyEightFlightPlanesNew York CityAmazedPresident BushFlewTuesdayAir ForceFlight AttendantAir Force One Author:Argus Hamilton
“What we did is we went on those parabolic flights, which people like to call the vomit comet. Basically, the plane throws you up into the air and catches you. And for about 30 seconds, you feel like there's no gravity. So what we did was we did a series of eight of those in a row. And every time we landed, we stayed perfectly still for the five minutes in between while the plane is setting up so that we could just continue the routine where we had left off. So the final video you see is all one take. And we seem to be weightless the entire time.” PeopleFeelsStillsSeemsLeftFiveAirMinutesSeriesFinalsEightSettingVideoFlightSettingsPlanesRoutineSecondsGravityFive MinutesComets Author:Damian Kulash