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?

In 1969, this:


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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

+ 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.

Sound of the Sixties - RAF March Past, Saturday mornings at the Towers!

Arlo Guthrie - Coming into Los Angeles

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&...87611401,d.ZGU

BA cabin crew favourite: gypsies, tramps and thieves - Cher:ok:

Susan Raye - L.A. International Airport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj8f30Iguw0

Early morning rain by Peter, Paul and Mary

Ah! the Ternhill greasy spoon! Not long after your experience - in January 1970 to be precise - following the Mess Burns Night, a number of us at a similar hour went to said 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! :eek:

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. :ok:

[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!"]

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.

The Early Morning Rain ...by Gordon Lightfoot....
Hear the mighty engines roar... see the silver bird on high ...

Eight Miles High by the Byrds -

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

'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...."

An updated version of Leaving on a Jet Plane for modern times:

"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"

Dunno about sixties but always thought "nessan dorma " was the long haul pilots lament!!

Sounds that I heard in the early 70s living in Fulham were JT8Ds, Conways, Tays, Olympus, Solovievs... all sounds that originated in the 60s.

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