A woman trying to get a flight to America begins to spend time with the attendant who booked her flight and learns about his personal history.

In the WWII era, a married couple spectates a death-defying stunt. The husband likens the impossible feat to their failing marriage and is relieved when the performer succeeds, but when the man then falls to his death, his wife's strange reaction signals the end of their love.

A dispossessed group in the skies searches for the land where they can finally breathe.

A pilot that crashes in the middle of the Sahara Desert comes across a young boy who tells him he is a prince from a distant planet who has explored the cosmos, discovering that what is essential to life is invisible to the eye.

While recovering from a serious illness, a ninety-year-old scientist wades through his patchy memory, piecing together fragments of images and emotions from his childhood as an immigrant in the once-moving American 1940s. He thinks about his admiration for airplanes, which have been outlawed in this alternate history. He considers how such scientific advancements can also bring about great destruction.

A college student's somewhat pathetic alcoholic uncle regales him and his mother with a tale of how a famous skywriter meddled with his life and love.

In modern day Lanzhou, China, the author meets up with a zeppelin long-haul pilot who has agreed to take the author on his transpacific haul.

A girl at a British airbase is bad luck: after going out with her, pilots seem to always crash and die. When a famously successful pilot shows up, the girl is drawn to him. They both want to see if they can beat the curse.

When an Allied plane goes down during World War II, the pilot’s friend goes to tell his mother that her son could not have survived - but no matter what he says, she refuses to give up hope that God will bring her boy home.

On a flight from Miami to New York, a naval officer returning from war and a mysterious older woman share an intimate moment suspended in the air.