Every time a bell rings, an airplane pilot laughs at the implausibility of the television show Wings. Experience the friendly skies from the air instead of your TV set with today's Groupon: for $49, you get a one-hour discovery flight lesson at Delaware Aviation Center (a $99 value), located at New Castle Airport.

At Delaware Aviation Center, fledgling aeronauts get a one-hour one-on-one instructional session with a certified flight instructor. Pilots-in-training spend 15 minutes being prepped before their flight, gleaning all the information necessary to become a safe and skilled Wright Brother incarnate. Shed the shackles of gravity in a Cessna 172S Skyhawk SP from the aviation center's fleet. During a 30-minute flight, students can choose to take over the controls, or just kick back and enjoy the view soaring over an endless variety of envious land-bound mammals before the winged journey's conclusion. Afterward, spend another 15 minutes getting a postflight briefing from the instructor, and get credit in your logbook, if you have one.