So even though we drive more than we fly, with apologies to Jack Kerouac and George Clooney, it seems that there is basis for the claim that on the road is more dangerous than up in the air.

BBC: What is the safest mode of travel?

But as we now fly away, my thoughts are with those we leave behind.

BBC: How I left Zimbabwe

With Fly Your Ideas we want to excite young people about aviation and the fascinating opportunities it holds' said Charles Champion, Executive Vice-President Engineering at Airbus and Fly Your Ideas Patron.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

"If one of them is scheduled to fly on Sunday, then as early as Sunday we might have a pilot with a gun in a cockpit, " said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Heather Rosenker.

BBC: US airline pilots get guns

And so we'll keep making that point in telephone calls from the podium, maybe fly a Cessna overhead with a banner -- something like that.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

"With a safe haven would probably come some form of no-fly zone, but we are not planning anything unilaterally, " he said.

BBC: US says Iran training Syrian militia

With the microscope we became aware of a world of protozoa, airplanes made us creatures that fly, and phones connected our voices around the world.

FORBES: Big Data's People-Changing Machine

We want to fly nose-down, explains United President John Edwardson, referring to loading up the front seats with more first-class and business-class travelers.

FORBES: Teaching an airline to fly