Synopsis

To recapture a Greek myth demands a feat of considerable magnitude, as NOVA documents in its behind-the-scenes account of a human-powered flight across the Aegean. The journey, a symbolic recreation of Daedalus's legendary escape, unfolds with epic scope. NOVA chronicles the remarkable journey of the Daedalus 88, the human-powered aircraft, from its initial prototypes to its dramatic arrival on the shore after a 74-mile flight from Crete to Santorini.