This Saturday, say sayonara to Santa and wiggle your wings at the incoming IMAX movie, The Magic of Flight, which will screen at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum from Jan. 11 through May 2. Narrated by Tom Selleck, this 1997 film follows the history of flight from the Wright Brothers on (onward and upward, we mean). Guaranteed to get the stomach juices gurgling, The Magic of Flight “puts you in the cockpit and takes you to dizzying new heights to discover how the forces of thrust, drag, gravity, and lift work together to keep a plane in the air.” Free opening-day festivities include an instructional on kite making and an informative talk with WWII Air Force vets. Everybody together now: Wheeeeeeeee!
The Magic of Flight opens at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (1800 N. Congress) on Saturday, Jan. 11. See Film Listings for showtimes.
This article appears in January 10 • 2003.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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