The Flight Before Christmas

Come fly with me, let’s fly away.

Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide
Starry eyed
Into the abyss
Devoid of any sort of bliss
You might even hear
The shouts of fear just because we’re together (oh so close together)

In a metal tube
Eating schlocky, gruely food
Just please hold it in, there’s enough din, I don’t need to smell what you ate

Come on, fly with me, let's fly, let's fly
Pack up your bags and let's get out of here (come on let's fly away)

Special thanks to Natalie Compton, Julia Longoria, Mike Arnot, and everyone at Gate Gourmet.

EPISODE CREDITS: 

Reported by - Matt Kielty, Simon Adler and Rachael Cusick
Produced by - Matt Kielty, Simon Adler and Rachael Cusick
With Production help from - Sindhu Gnanasambandan
Original music and sound design contributed by - Jeremy Bloom
and mixing help from - Arianne Wack
Fact-checking by - Natalie A. Middleton
Edited by  - Pat Walters

CITATIONS: 

Videos

Lou Boyer, the animal-flying pilot from our episode, has a great plane-forward Instagram account (https://www.instagram.com/loub747/). As well as a whole YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@loub747/videos) dedicated to snakes and planes. (Luckily, not both at the same time.)

Books

Richard Foss's Food in the Air and Space: The Surprising History of Food and Drink in the Skies (https://zpr.io/KZyTPJkSENVq)

CHECK OUT:

The Death, Sex and Money series Estrangement (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/deathsexmoney/projects/estrangement)


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