A stunning overview of transportation and flight in America, To Fly! presents an emotional and visual experience.  Audiences float over the Vermont countryside and Niagara Falls in a balloon, thrill to the spirit of flying from wild barnstorming to the precision of the Blue Angels, and explore the beauties of flight with a cross-country cruise, a rocket lift-off and hang-gliding in Hawaii.

On July 1, 1976, To Fly! premiered at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum (NASM) as the centerpiece of the museum’s grand opening celebration.  The film pioneered the IMAX® format and marked the debut of Director Greg MacGillivray’s giant screen filmmaking career.

The film has received numerous filmmaking awards and set records and, in 1996, was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry, America's film archive, where it joined such classics as Birth of a Nation, Citizen Kane, and Gone with the Wind.

"…an irresistible fantasy."
—The New York Times

"Spectacular…a thrilling tour of the skies and earth's bounties"
—Los Angeles Times

The second-highest grossing giant screen documentary film of all time.

IMAX Hall of Fame—Voted in by members of the Giant Screen Theater Association, 2001

National Film Registry: Library of Congress - America’s film archive. The first large-format film granted entrance and one of only 25 films selected in 1996 from over 1,100 nominees. Films selected represent more than 100 years of American filmmaking. To Fly! joins such other distinguished works as Gone with the Wind, Birth of a Nation, Star Wars and E.T.

Best Film Of The Decade Award—The Information Film Producers of America

Golden Eagle Award—Cine Golden Eagle

Best Film Award and Special Jury Award (Cinematography)—The Chicago International Film Festival

First Place—Berlin Inforfilm Festival

Grand Place—Bicentennial Festival of Films on Aeronautics and Space

Special Jury Award—Festival of the Americas

Chris Bronze Plaque Award—The Columbus International Film Festival

To Fly! was screened as a special presentation during the Inauguration Ceremonies of President Reagan (1981), who later presented a copy of the film as a gift to the Soviet Union’s General Secretary Gorbachev.

To Fly! has been seen in Special Performances by Diplomats and the Heads of State of many countries, including: Soviet Union, Spain, Great Britain, Egypt, Indonesia, United States, Greece.