(wind blowing)
- Denver Tower. Good morning.
1, 5, 3 tango. Ready for departure.
Runway 3, 5, right.
- (over radio) Eva 1, 5, 3, Tango, say direction of flight.
- Uh, We're westbound, sir.
- Roger. 1, 5, 3, Tango westbound departure approved.
Prepare for takeoff Runway 3, 5, Right.
- All right, sir. 1, 5, 3 Tango on the roll, 3, 5, right.
(plane whirring)
- 1, 5, 3, Tango, (unintelligible)
- All right, sir. Climate 8,500, frequency change approved,
1, 5, 3, Tango.
Beautiful morning.
- That it is.
- Have a good day.
(plane soaring)
- You ever have a flying dream?
(chuckles) I have. One of the first dreams I remember
as a kid was a flying dream.
I was just walking along this road
and I sort of pressed down on my feet and opened my arms,
and... (laughs)
... suddenly I was soaring
right over the telephone wires
on a, on a familiar stretch of road.
It was unbelievable.
You ever had one of those?
(laughs) A lot of, a lot of us have.
(plane whirring)
- [Narrator] What is it that stirs our dreams of flight,
and what is it inside so many of us
here in the Rocky Mountains that drives us
to turn such dreams into reality?
For many of us, the dream starts when we're children.
A model,
a drawing,
watching a rocket launch on television.
And for some, it stops right there,
but here in the mountains, for more than a few of us,
the dream of flight never stops.
It burns inside, longing to be realized,
and among these amazing peaks and limitless skies,
that dream becomes more than simply real.
It becomes our very way of life.
(serene and adventurous music)
(plane soars)
- Here in the Rockies, more people fly
than any other region of the country.
Here is our home.
We were meant to fly.
The dream became a reality.
(plane roaring)
(helicopter whirring)
(inspiring music)
(helicopter whirring)
(jets roaring)
(helicopter whirring)
(music continues)
(plane whooshes)
(music continues)
(music intensifies)
(helicopter whirring)
(tranquil orchestral music)
- [Narrator] These mountains represent
some of the greatest challenges for pilots.
Rarified air, relentless winds, brutal topography.
They're stunning in their beauty,
but absolutely unforgiving in their nature.
And yet this is a place where
aerospace achievements are legendary,
where dreams of flight have become
the reality of lives well lived.
It's a place unmatched in its demands
and its rewards.
This is a region, not only of dreamers, but of pioneers.
Men and women driven to conquer new frontiers.
Since the earliest days of the Mountain West and today,
the newest frontiers of flight.
Heroes have been born here,
and many more gained their laurels
in these same skies against almost impossible odds.
The men and women who fly and work in these mountains
continue to blaze a path for all the world to follow.
(crowd cheering)
(orchestral music continues)
(plane softly soaring)
Flying here is like good music.
It elevates the senses
and the very experience of being alive.
(plane purring)
(music continues)
(door opens)
(music continues)
(children chattering)
(music continues)
(child imitating plane whirring)
Wings Over the Rockies is your museum.
Use it to find your place
in Rocky Mountain aviation.
On the ground, in the air, maybe even in space,
you can find a place in aviation if you look, if you want,
the place for your dreams.
Aviation's a hundred years old and it's brand new.
You can help take it into the future.
Freedom. Responsibility.
They're not just words. Join us.
(chanting music)
(music intensifies)
(music slows)
(music fades out)