Songs about flying
What song did Frank Sinatra sing about playing among the stars?
What is Fly me to the moon?
In 1967 a song was released that celebrated balloons and flight.
What is Up Up and Away?
Song by the Beach Boys about traveling by boat to various islands
What is Kokomo?
Place in 1700's where the first hot air balloon was launched
What is Paris?
Christopher Columbus used this flagship to reach the Americas, launching the European Age of Exploration.
What is the Santa Maria in 1492?
Official song in 1939 of the Army Air Corps
What is Off We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder?
A famous tune inspired by a story about an astronaut headed to Mars Elton John sang
What is Rocket Man?
Song from 1880 speaking about moving "over the bounding main" in a boat
What is Sailing Sailing?
The people in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903 that achieved first sustained heavier than air flight
Who are the Wright Brothers?
This ship completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth, proving global connectivity by sea. 1519-1522
Ferdinand Magellan's Victoria
Frank Sinatra sang a song celebrating the glamour and excitement of air travel in the 1950's
What is Come Fly with Me?
Bette Midler sang a song about support and encouragement and strength in friendship represented by flight
What is Wind Beneath My Wings?
Song by Styx about climbing aboard a ship and searching for tomorrow
What is Come Sail Away?
First commercial airline with passengers went from Tampa to St. Petersburg in this year
What is 1914?
Transported 102 English Pilgrims across the Atlantic to establish the Plymouth Colony in New England.
What is the Mayflower in 1620?
What song in 1967 told a story of packing bags, saying good bye and flying?
What is Leaving on a Jet Plane?
Song about wings and positivity and inspired by nature with the bright shining sun and things going my way
What is Blue Skies?
Song about a troubled voyage on a sloop by Beach Boys
What is Come on the Sloop John B?
The man who did the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
Carried naturalist Charles Darwin on a scientific expedition that inspired the theory of evolution
What is the HMS Beagle 1831-1836?
What song has been sung at summer camps and schoolyards and gatherings that celebrated a youth aviation organization in 1934 encouraging youth to build model airplanes and become interested in flying?
What is Up in the Air, Junior Birdman?
Classical piece of music that mimics the flying of a bumblebee?
What is Flight of the Bumblebee?
Famous traditional work song used to keep rhythm during heavy tasks aboard tall ships
What is Drunken Sailor?
First woman to fly solo nonstop in 1932
Who is Amelia Earhart?