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Daedalus, an inventor, and his son Icarus are in Crete, held hostage by King Minos of Crete (pictured above). Daedalus built the Labyrinth for King Minos to house the Minotaur and has been trapped since.  Daedalus says that Minos will not let them escape by land or sea, so he is going to try the sky.

Source. (n.d.). Minos. Knossos Guides. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.knossosguides.com/blog-view.php?id=75

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Daedalus is an inventor, so he has little trouble coming up with a method for escape.  He creates wings using feathers, threads, and beeswax.  They are shaped like a bird's and realistic.

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When Daedalus completes the wings, he uses them, hovering briefly in the air. Then when he lands he gives Icarus a word of warning, to take the middle way. If he flies too low over the sea, the water will weigh the wings down, and he will not be able to fly. If he flies too high the sun will scorch his wings and he will fall. He begs of his son to only follow the path he shows him.

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Daedalus (left) affixing the wings to Icarus (right).

Daedalus and Icarus, Andrea Sacchi, c. 1645, Musei di Strada Nuova, Genova
Chaliakopoulos, A. (2021, September 6). The myth of daedalus and icarus: Fly between the extremes. TheCollector. Retrieved January 29, 2023, from https://www.thecollector.com/daedalus-and-icarus/

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Daedalus takes flight first, and hopes, anxiously that his son will soon follow. He would turn and look back to see his son.

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Icarus follows his father, but in his delight to be flying, something only the gods had done, he becomes playful. He fails to heed his father's advice and flies too high, approaching the sun. The beeswax on his wings begins to weaken and eventually melted.

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Daedalus (left) looks back in horror as Icarus (right) falls from the sky into the ocean, yelling for him.  They call for each other until Icarus can cry for his father no longer.  Daedalus sees the feathers on the waves and curses his own inventions.

The story of Icarus as depicted by Torre de la Parada in the 1630s. Source: Public domain

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The story of Daedalus and Icarus is tragic, and it's lessons are simple: for Icarus, don't get carried away in the moment; and for Daedalus, don't be too ambitious.
Flight was meant for the gods, not man. And both men were punished for stepping outside their domain.