the National Film Registry. Voters at the Giant Screen Theater Association inducted it into the IMAX Hall of Fame on September 24, 2001, a decision praised by then-co-chief executive officers Richard Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler, stating the film deserves such recognition. It was also preserved at the National Archives and Records Administration and the Smithsonian Institution Archives. In 1980, upon To Fly! popularity, the NASM requested Conoco to collaborate with MacGillivray and Moore on another short IMAX film called Flyers (1982), which became MacGillivray's second IMAX film. It too became an instant success, though at a slower rate than To Fly!, and on March 4, 1982, Random House launched an eponymous companion picture book for children. Flyers was also shown in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following To Fly! as part of a double feature. MFF continued making IMAX documentaries, including The Living Sea (1995), which was inducted into the IMAX Hall of Fame and nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 68th Academy Awards; and Dolphins (2000). which was the highest-grossing documentary of that year and was also nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 73rd Academy Awards. Still active, the company was credited for the success of IMAX, and one of the most influential and notable IMAX figures with over $1 billion at the box office; Lea Silver of IMAX Victoria called him "a big deal". In 1984, the making of a film using outtakes from To Fly! and Flyers was proposed but this never happened. Instead, MacGillivray released The Magic of Flight (1996), a sequel that was inspired by To Fly! Blue Angels sequence. See also Educational entertainment List of IMAX films Sonnet 18, whose concluding couplet is recited by one of the film's characters to his lover Notes References External links To Fly! at Movies For Families "To Fly!", an excerpt from James Tobin's book To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight, at the Smithsonian magazine 1976 films American short documentary films Documentary films about aviation Short films directed by Greg MacGillivray IMAX short films United States National Film Registry films 1976 documentary films 1976 short films MacGillivray Freeman Films films 1970s short documentary films IMAX documentary films Films scored by Bernardo Segall American docudrama films Articles containing video clips 1970s English-language films 1970s American films