This week, the crew takes flight, with wings, gliders, flying machines and anything else they can get their hands on.

We behold the might of the Highwind from Final Fantasy VII, hear the jet engines of fighter planes from Project Wingman: Frontline 59 and even manage to make the land itself fly with Driftland: The Magic Revival.

You can listen along to the music discussed here via the playlist in our YouTube channel: Music Arcade #102

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Song credits (in order of discussion):Final Fantasy VII - "The Highwind Takes to the Skies" by Nobuo Uematsu

Xenogears - "Soaring" (aka "Flight") by Yasunori Mitsuda

Assassin's Creed II - "Flight Over Venice 1" by Jesper Kyd

Skies of Arcadia - "Delphinus" by Yutaka Minobe

Secret of Mana - "Meridian Dance" by Hiroki Kikuta (arr. by Evelyn Lark aka The Noble Demon)

Mega Man 7 - "Cloudman" by an unconfirmed composer (no composers officially credited, fan credits include Yuko Takehara, Toshihiko Horiyama, Makoto Tomozawa, and Ayako Mori)

Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War - "Blue Skies (remix)" by Hiroshi Okubo ("Blue Skies Infinity" cover by The Tiberian Sons, Videri String Quartet, Game Brass, et al.)

Project Wingman: Frontline 59 - "Wild Dogs" by Jose Pavli

Driftland: The Magic Revival - "Flowing Sky" by Grzegorz Wlodarski and Pawel Golinski

Pilotwings - "Hangglider" (unconfirmed title) by Soyo OkaProduction credits:

Hosts:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Ranakel

Edie Alexsander

Audio producer:

Galen "The SoundGuy" Firestone

Executive producer:

Ranakel

Writing and publishing:

Edie Alexsander

Art and design:

Alex Hadzaman