Marianne – You start the dream in an ideal state of mind, with open mindedness and access to the deeps and nature within you. Dreams use images of things and people like an artist that uses pictures, videos from the world around us to try to form a way of translating what are formless parts of you into a way your personality, your conscious self might understand.
So, the friend is an aspect of you that can fly up from the body bound concept we have and explore the new. See
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/dimensions-of-human-experience/ and also
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/characters-or-people-in-dreams/The flying machine is a simple way of saying that you have the ability to break free of limiting viewpoints or cultural norms. It is also a mixture of independent thought, ambition, and personal drive. Quite unusual.
You are obviously a person who wants to share the good things you have found in you, your life, and your abilities with others. You attracted a ‘queue of people’ by this.
But you are ambitious and have great and far reaching insights or realisations about what is possible. These are the local students and the stately home – See
http://dreamhawk.com/dream-dictionary/house/#GrandH I wonder whether you have taken on the role of someone who has been wrongly accused or persecuted - maybe not in a big way, that give you understanding of the refugees you work with. I am wondering this because I am from a mixed cultural background, and so was the victim of persecution, which gave me the ability to ‘fly’ above these cultural boundaries and see both sides. It is a wonderful step in personal evolution. So, I sense the dream is a big step in making clear your personal growth.
Tony