Pink Floyd Learning to Fly ( Official Music video) 1987

Pink Floyd Learning to Fly (Official Music video) 1987 Artist : Pink Floyd Song : Learning to Fly Album : A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) Music video The music video was directed by Storm Thorgerson, a longtime collaborator of Pink Floyd who had designed many of their album covers, and filmed on West Wind Ridge, a mountain in Kananaskis Country near Canmore, located some 50 to 75 km west of the city of Calgary, Alberta8 during rehearsals for the band s A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour. The video combined performances of the band with a Native American, played by Canadian actor Lawrence Bayne, working in a field who then runs and jumps off a cliff to turn into a redtailed hawk. The footage of the stage show shows the band performing Learning to Fly but features the more colourful lightshow used for live performances of One of These Days. The red, orange airplane is a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing.