Aviation Songs
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Aviation Songs
Just for fun on a wet September afternoon, what about naming songs that remind you of helicopter pilots or are maybe just aviation related ?
I’ll start with the helicopter pilot’s anthem, the old Simon and Garfunkel classic . . . .“ 50 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR LEVER”
Over to you . . . . . .
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I’ll start with the helicopter pilot’s anthem, the old Simon and Garfunkel classic . . . .“ 50 WAYS TO LOVE YOUR LEVER”
Over to you . . . . . .
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From: Escrick York england
george c scott smoking a big cigar and saying i love the smell of napalm in the morning while the music of wagners Valkari blasts
YouTube - Apocalypse Now..Ride Of The Valkyries
YouTube - Apocalypse Now..Ride Of The Valkyries
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From: foot of a mountain
"Good old chopper friend off mine"(local chopper song)
Pink Floyd! Brick in the wall + Goodbye blue sky + Is there anybody out there(for those "why do I get the feeling I am alone here" moments in a heli)
Pink Floyd! Brick in the wall + Goodbye blue sky + Is there anybody out there(for those "why do I get the feeling I am alone here" moments in a heli)
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I am somewhat fond of this song....granted it is one of those "You had to be there kind of things!"
http://www.vhfcn.org/wavs/wingedsoldiers.mp3
This takes me back to another time....one of my unit Chinooks is in the video. Excellent song....written by someone who must have been there.
YouTube - Redgum - I Was Only 19 (1983)
http://www.vhfcn.org/wavs/wingedsoldiers.mp3
This takes me back to another time....one of my unit Chinooks is in the video. Excellent song....written by someone who must have been there.
YouTube - Redgum - I Was Only 19 (1983)
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T4risen - good call, although (perhaps after a Momentary Lapse of Reason 
) I always preferred Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Learning to Fly".
..forgot to add that there was also Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)" on Broadcasting From Home, the album that had the much-more-famous, and far-more-frequently-ripped-off, "Music For a Found Harmonium".
) I always preferred Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "Learning to Fly"...forgot to add that there was also Penguin Cafe Orchestra's "Isle of View (Music for Helicopter Pilots)" on Broadcasting From Home, the album that had the much-more-famous, and far-more-frequently-ripped-off, "Music For a Found Harmonium".
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From: Ireland
Kills me every time...
YouTube - Sea Kings in the sun
Very funny.
And I'd like to emphasize: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, "Learning to Fly":
"I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings.
Comin down is the hardest thing.
I'm learning to fly around the clouds.
But what goes up must come down."
Very funny.
And I'd like to emphasize: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, "Learning to Fly":
"I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings.
Comin down is the hardest thing.
I'm learning to fly around the clouds.
But what goes up must come down."
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From: Aberdeen
Was told of this by an army pilot on hearing that I was from a town called Monaghan, (one of the border counties in Ireland). Apparently there was a slight navigational mishap north of the border hence...
Where's the Puma gone? (it's gone to Monaghan)
Where's the Puma gone? (it's gone to Monaghan)
Faaar faaaar away....
Faaar faaaar awayyyyyy.
Sung at length when any Puma pilot walked into the bar. Apparently.
Where's the Puma gone? (it's gone to Monaghan)
Where's the Puma gone? (it's gone to Monaghan)
Faaar faaaar away....
Faaar faaaar awayyyyyy.
Sung at length when any Puma pilot walked into the bar. Apparently.
