Sounds of the sixties
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Ex-EUROCONTROL land
Age: 75
Posts: 97
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Sounds of the sixties
Hi forumites
Seeing many of our readers are of the sixties, which hits of those days remind them of their aviation experiences?
Seeing many of our readers are of the sixties, which hits of those days remind them of their aviation experiences?
The obvious one is "Leaving on a Jet Plane" by John Denver and sung by Peter, Paul and Mary.....'All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here outside your door, I hate to wake you up to say good-bye.'
A few of us were rather inebriated and singing that in a Transport Caff near RAF Ternhill at about 0200 one night in 1969 and we got flung out. Not many people have been ejected from a Transport Caff.....
"Up, Up, and Away" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
A few of us were rather inebriated and singing that in a Transport Caff near RAF Ternhill at about 0200 one night in 1969 and we got flung out. Not many people have been ejected from a Transport Caff.....
"Up, Up, and Away" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
Last edited by Democritus; 8th Mar 2015 at 23:56.
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: UK
Age: 68
Posts: 736
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
+ 1 for BoB. What a superb score. My DVD has the option of playing it with the entire score by William Walton, or with the Ron Goodwin score but still the WW dogfight sequence. I have to say that Goodwin's score is generally so much better for the film, but the WW dogfight sequence is a masterpiece.
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: dublin
Age: 74
Posts: 823
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Gentleman Aviator
A few of us were rather inebriated and singing that in a Transport Caff near RAF Ternhill at about 0200 one night in 1969 and we got flung out. Not many people have been ejected from a Transport Caff.....
All in DJs and long dresses (as appropriate!), and led by a large Scotsman, resplendant in his North British Jocks in Frocks evening dress, topped off by his St Andrews Uni academic gown - which was a tasteful shade of scarlet!
The local rockers went kind of quiet, one commenting "Are you lot for real?"
But we didn't get thrown out (but I don't recall any singing!) and said large Scot eventually retired as a 2-star.
[Lucky in retrospect we weren't singing, our favourite at the time was the 1969 Christmas No 1, slightly modified - RN/FAA influence? - to "Two Smally Boys!"]
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Berkshire, UK
Age: 79
Posts: 8,268
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Any music by Mantovani or Glenn Miller brings back memories of the roof gardens at Heathrow as that was the sort of music they played on the PA system between announcements.
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,615
Received 290 Likes
on
158 Posts
Eight Miles High by the Byrds -
Though their aerial conveyance is thought to be rather more chemically inspired than anything to do with aerodynamics...
Though their aerial conveyance is thought to be rather more chemically inspired than anything to do with aerodynamics...
nah . . .. sixties too recent . . .. . turn the clock back a bit more
Hustling Hinkler up in the sky fair or windy
He’s flying high peerless fearless knows every cloud
The kind of a son makes a mother feel proud
Bustling Hinkler rides all alone in a little plane all his own
Hustling Hinkler showed them the way
And he’s the hero of the day.
This is the chorus of a song written to celebrate the achievements of Bundaberg born world famous aviator…Bert Hinkler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnANWSZWQxs
Hustling Hinkler up in the sky fair or windy
He’s flying high peerless fearless knows every cloud
The kind of a son makes a mother feel proud
Bustling Hinkler rides all alone in a little plane all his own
Hustling Hinkler showed them the way
And he’s the hero of the day.
This is the chorus of a song written to celebrate the achievements of Bundaberg born world famous aviator…Bert Hinkler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnANWSZWQxs
Cunning Artificer
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The spiritual home of DeHavilland
Age: 76
Posts: 3,127
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
'Happy Jack' by The Who.
"Happy Jack" was the nickname for one of the Vulcan Crew Chiefs at RAF Waddington. One night we had a bit of an accident when refuelling his aircraft. Thereafter, any time The Who's record was played on the juke box, we'd join in with our own version
"Happy Jack was all right, 'til we ****ed his kite. That was last Friday night, now we're in the s**e. There was fuel all over the place! You should have seen the look on Happy Jack's face...."
"Happy Jack" was the nickname for one of the Vulcan Crew Chiefs at RAF Waddington. One night we had a bit of an accident when refuelling his aircraft. Thereafter, any time The Who's record was played on the juke box, we'd join in with our own version
"Happy Jack was all right, 'til we ****ed his kite. That was last Friday night, now we're in the s**e. There was fuel all over the place! You should have seen the look on Happy Jack's face...."
An updated version of Leaving on a Jet Plane for modern times:
"Mildly" Eccentric Stardriver
"Both Sides Now" Judy Collins. Clouds:
"But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way"
"But now they only block the sun they rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way"
Trains and Boats and Planes.
TTH refers to Jacks Cafe, a place for eggy bake in the early hours after a G/N at Tern Hill. I drove past a couple of weeks ago and it looks completely different - but then so does the Officers Mess. The brown jobs pulled down the end wings of the splendid mess 'cause they couldn't afford it. Vandalism!
Old Duffer
TTH refers to Jacks Cafe, a place for eggy bake in the early hours after a G/N at Tern Hill. I drove past a couple of weeks ago and it looks completely different - but then so does the Officers Mess. The brown jobs pulled down the end wings of the splendid mess 'cause they couldn't afford it. Vandalism!
Old Duffer