https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/06/24/up-up-and-away-2/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 07:14:24 -0400<![CDATA[The controversial 1950s entertainer Arthur Godfrey was hired by Eastern Airlines in 1953 to promote its Lockheed Constellation service. The Constellation was one of the last of the long-distance propeller driven airliners. It flew, according to Wikipedia, on an airfoil scaled up from a P-38. Godfrey&#8217;s promotional video is below. It&#8217;s a reminder of a bygone era when, among things, pilots smoked Chesterfields in the cockpit. It also captures, to some extent, the public excitement of flying when it was a novel mode of transportation. Today millions travel by air each year. It has been a long time since we&#8217;ve looked up into the sky with wonder; long since we wondered what it was like to be a bird &#8212; and fly.]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:59:27 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/06/24/up-up-and-away-2-n188634