Writing Prompt

Once upon a time in the 1950s, when commercial flights were just becoming popular, a young woman named Amelia found herself embarking on a thrilling adventure. She had always dreamed of flying high above the clouds, and now, with her ticket in hand, she couldn't help but feel a mix of excitement and nervousness.

Amelia arrived at the airport, a bustling hub of activity with sleek airplanes lined ...

With swollen rolling suitcases and howling babies, the center aisle of Flight 404 was packed with harried passengers. A ridiculously hairy man in a coral Hawaiian shirt leaned over Frenchie’s aisle seat to reach the overhead compartment. His furry pannus whacked her forehead. Frenchie righted her glasses and leaned towards the window seat.

“God this entire plane smells like an Italian hoagie in ...

TWA

Fly my way

Rich and famous

Airplane take us

Up in the sky

Very high

Not for the poor

Wine does pour...

“Get off that contraption RIGHT NOW” to say my dad was concerned would be an understatement.

“I’ve already made up my mind and I’m already here, I’m just letting you know” he couldn’t drag me off if I tried. I’ve been searching for a sign to start a new life elsewhere so when I heard this plane thing is finally up and running, I found the first flight to anywhere and ran with it.

Come to think o...

Phoebe fiddled with the hem of her blue uniform shirt as she boarded the first commercial Boeing 747 in U.S. history.

She was one of 20 women to become one of first airline attendants in the country and she was enthralled with such an accomplishment.

If he were still alive, her big brother Beaux never would’ve imagined that she would be serving drinks in the sky.

She and 3 other flight attend...

It’s 1914 and today they announced the first passenger served plane. I’m one of the 2 passengers. Are pilot is Mr. Jannus, He insured us that it will be a good flight. I’m very scared because this is the first and what If something bad happens. I sat tense on the plane. I was shaking and scared. I sat and ate my peanuts. We started the landing process which was the worst part. We landed and I set...

Penelope sneezed. She quickly grabbed her handkerchief and pressed it against her nose.

“Oh,” she said to the young gentleman wearing a green suit who was sitting next to her. “Do excuse me. I do sneeze when I am nervous.” Penelope could hear her voice rising as she spoke. She tucked one of her red curls behind her ear, also a nervous habit, and looked into the eyes of the man next to her. “Is it...

“Not bad at all!” Frank exclaimed, “Little more room than buses have. If they get us from Houston to LA in under six hours I would say the ticket price is worth it.”

“I just wish these things served alcohol. I’m second guessing how this could work. How could we “fly”?”

“You mean how could this thing stay in the air with all our weight, Bob? Hell, your guess is as good as mine, but it’s been done...

How? I ask myself.

How could such a thing really be truly real?

But sure enough I find myself lifting up,

My stomach gets this nauseating feeling like it’s doing the flip flop.

I’m certain I’m about to throw up, but then it settles.

I shake my head from side to side popping my ears.

Well…. I think to myself.

That was an experience.

Then suddenly my breath catches,

Outside my window is the most b...

I watch the clouds as they smear against the pale blue sky like white oil paints

Twilight is obscured by the heavy mist that hangs like a silver halo

The moon streaks hues of glimmering gray onto my window

As the plane gently glides through the cool night air

I watch as my home beneath me is swallowed by the heavy distance

And a luminously drawn horizon

Stretches

Out

Before

Me

And ...