But the runway's length and position, and close links to London (just 40 minutes to Gatwick) make Newquay a strong contender for much more distant flight.
Since commerce is usually no more than a step behind science, we are resigned to the likely consequences of this new development - the retrieved duck with an applesauce ad branded on its limp wings, the sluggish city pigeon transformed into a carrier & parading some promoter's spiel on our window ledge, the bird watchers in heated debate as to whether a distant flight is sponsored by TWA or BOAC.
Migration in H. armigera may not necessarily occur only as single or multiple long-distant flights, but may also involve human-aided movements of agriculture commodities between continents.
It was his distant ancestors' flight from tyranny that inspired Mr. Fink to spend years inscribing the entire text of the Book of Exodus — both in Hebrew and English — on 45 watercolors, most of them ethereal impressions of the sky.
Other works take the travel theme more literally: Mr. Aitken's photograph of a distant plane in flight, taken from his window seat on another plane, and Darren Almond's inverted film of a German monorail (with a propulsive techno soundtrack).
"What has finally been important to us is not so much the idea of the building as the idea of the persons watching the building, and also those inside living in harmony with the natural world," Calatrava said, as, with a flourish, he added the crowning, naïve touch: a distant bird in flight.
There may be no direct air services, only connecting flights through distant hub airports, and the only other way to get there may be a long drive.
As a result, delayed departures of flights from distant cities are a "distinct possibility," said Doug Church, a spokesman for the union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Television shows including Black Mirror, Orphan Black and Humans and films such as Her, Ex Machina and High Rise (which was adapted from near-future master JG Ballard) don't take warp-speed flights to distant stars.
Children's Museum of the Arts Free Art Island Outpost (Saturday, Sunday and Monday) This island fun doesn't require a flight to distant shores.
Children's Museum of the Arts Free Art Island Outpost (Saturday and Sunday) This island fun doesn't require a flight to distant shores.
