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Aviation - Balloon Fever to Jumbo Jets: How Flight Rewired Civilization

Aviation - Balloon Fever to Jumbo Jets: How Flight Rewired Civilization

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Host Celeste Skye traces aviation's cultural transformation from 1784 Paris balloon hysteria through the Jet Age, exploring how flight rewired civilization. From Montgolfier brothers to Boeing 747s, discover how leaving the ground reshaped art, identity, and global connection—featuring Goya, Rauschenberg, and architects who turned airports into cathedrals of possibility.

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