Not only do they jump out of perfectly good airplanes — they name parachutes and skydiving schools after Icarus. I'm staying on the ground, thank you very much; and not driving around in any Volkswagen Phaeton, either. For more, including Amelia Earhart luggage and Magellan Travel, see my Trojan Doctrine article.

Reader Sydney Henderson points to the Will Rogers World Airport and the Wiley Post Airport, both in Oklahoma City. Post was an aviation pioneer; Post and Rogers -- both Oklahomans (though Post wasn't one by birth) -- died when Post's plane crashed in Alaska.