High Flight (the poem)

[Flintstone]

I have lost my one and only copy of the poem 'High Flight' and have so far been unable to find it despite using just about every search engine I can lay my hands on.

If anyone can recommend a site or produce a copy of said verse I would be a very happy bunny.

[Flare_you_fool!]

Try searching Under John Gillespie Magee Jr
He's the author that should do the trick
FYF

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Oh no,not again!

[Tinstaafl]

On its way by email

[34DD]

Now everybody's got it

High Flight

"Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of -- wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft throught footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew.

And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod

The high untresspassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."

John Gillespie Magee, Jr

[Flintstone]

Thanks folks.

Just reading it always makes me feel good.

[criticalmass]

Flintstone,

There is a website which has it and several very funny spoofs of it as well:-
http://www.davemorris.com/dave/highflite.html

I just checked and it's still active, you'll get a chuckle from them.

[before landing check list]

Let us not forget this one. Must have been from a US Army helicopter pilot(Warrant Officer)
Oh, I've slipped the surely bonds of earth
And hovered out of ground effect on semi-rigid blades;
Earthward I've auto'ed and met the rising brush of Non-paved terrain;
And done a thousand things you would never care to
Skidded and dropped and flared Low in the heat soaked roar.
Confined there, I've chased the earthbound traffic
And lost the race to insignificant Headwinds;
Forward and up a little in ground effect I've topped the General's hedge with drooping turns
Where never Skyhawk or even Phantom flew.
Shaking and pulling collective,
I've lumbered The low untresspassed halls of victor airways,
Put out my hand and touched a tree.

[Flintstone]

Just confirms what I've always thought of helicopter pilots.

They're all completely barking.

[before landing check list]

Flintstone,
I hope this response finds you well. We dual rated pilots always considered airplane only pilots "handicapped". Joking of course. Don't knock it till you have at least taken a ride. My opinion of course........
j

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Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.

— Seen on a General Dynamics bulletin board

[Rollingthunder]

For Rememberance Day 2000

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

The name of John McCrae (1872-1918) may seem out of place in the distinguished company of World War I poets, but he is remembered for what is probably the single best-known and popular poem from the war, "In Flanders Fields." He was a Canadian physician and fought on the Western Front in 1914, but was then transferred to the medical corps and assigned to a hospital in France. He died of pneumonia while on active duty in 1918. His volume of poetry, In Flanders Fields and Other Poems, was published in 1919.

[Whirlybird*]

Flinty, come up with me in a helicopter and I guarantee to change your mind!

Whirly in Egypt (and missing PPRuNe, and yes, they do have internet cafes here!)

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To fly is human, to hover, divine.

[Flintstone]

Whirly and BLCL,

I think that deep down I know I'd enjoy it and that's why I'm staying away. I mean, this fixed wing business started out as just a trial lesson.

Might take you up on the ride. If a muster pilot in Oz couldn't scare me I doubt you will ;)

[aviator]

FAA SUPPLEMENT to "High Flight"

Pilots must insure that all surly bonds have been slipped entirely
before aircraft taxi or flight is attempted.
During periods of severe sky dancing, crew and passengers must keep
seatbelts fastened. Crew should wear shoulderbelts as provided.
Sunward climbs must not exceed the maximum permitted aircraft ceiling.
Passenger aircraft are prohibited from joining the tumbling mirth.
Pilots flying through sun-split clouds under VFR conditions must
comply
with all applicable minimum clearances.
Do not perform these hundred things in front of Federal Aviation
Administration inspectors.
Wheeling, soaring, and swinging will not be attempted except in
aircraft
rated for such activities and within utility class weight limits.
Be advised that sunlit silence will occur only when a major engine
malfunction has occurred.
"Hov'ring there" will constitute a highly reliable signal that a
flight
emergency is imminent.
Forecasts of shouting winds are available from the local FSS.
Encounters
with unexpected shouting winds should be reported by pilots.
Pilots flinging eager craft through footless halls of air are reminded

that they alone are responsible for maintaining separation from other
eager craft.
Should any crewmember or passenger experience delirium while in the
burning blue, submit an irregularity report upon flight termination.
Windswept heights will be topped by a minimum of 1,000 feet to
maintain VFR minimum separations.
Aircraft engine ingestion of, or impact with, larks or eagles should
be reported to the FAA and the appropriate aircraft maintenance facility.

Aircraft operating in the high untresspassed sanctity of space must
remain in IFR flight regardless of meteorological conditions and
visibility.
Pilots and passengers are reminded that opening doors or windows in
order to touch the face of God may result in loss of cabin pressure.


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I have a need for speed!