<P> The lyrics describe Gilmour's thoughts on flying, for which he has a passion (being a licensed pilot with multiple ratings), though it has also been interpreted as a metaphor for beginning something new, experiencing a radical change in life, or, more specifically, Gilmour's feelings about striking out as the new leader of Pink Floyd after the departure of Roger Waters . Gilmour confirmed the latter interpretation on the Pink Floyd 25th Anniversary Special in May 1992 . Also an avid pilot, drummer Nick Mason's voice can be heard at around the middle of the song . "Learning to Fly" was included on Pink Floyd's greatest hits collection Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd . </P> <P> The track was regularly performed live on the band's two post-Roger Waters tours, with touring guitarist Tim Renwick playing the song's guitar solos (although David Gilmour played the solos on the studio version of the track). A live version is included on Delicate Sound of Thunder and Pulse . At the end of the final solo in both versions, a guitar lick from the second verse of "Young Lust" ("Oooh, baby set me free") is played . </P> <P> 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, Alberta 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 red - tailed hawk . The footage of the stage show shows the band performing "Learning to Fly" but features the more colourful light - show used for live performances of "One of These Days". The original video also depicts a factory worker who turns into an aeroplane pilot as well as a child who breaks free from his mother and dives off a cliff into a deep river, swimming away . The video went to #9 on MTV's Video Countdown in November 1987 and was the #60 video of MTV's Top 100 Videos of 1987 . The video won the band its only MTV Video Music Award for "Best Concept Video" in 1988 . The red / orange airplane is a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing . </P> <Dl> <Dt> Pink Floyd </Dt> </Dl>

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