Oh, I dunno. If the pilot realized his passenger was an old poop and adjusted
his aerobatics accordingly... ;-)
I know there's a two-seat Spitfire, but I'm sure the cost of the ride would
leave me destitute.
Sigh.
--Ground-Bound Bob
Sent from my iPhone 6s Plus. This is a perfect mobile device. Any perceived
errors in spelling, grammar, or logic are figments of your imagination.
> On Aug 28, 2016, at 2:14 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It’s a beautiful poem, and apparently he wrote it after an early trip in a
> Spitfire.
>
> I don’t think that you’d enjoy a fast jet nearly as much, Bob :-)
>
> Chris
>
>> On 28 Aug 16, at 00:11, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Just re-read High Flight by John Magee again today. What's the chance I can
>> hitch a ride in a fast jet sometime? Visiting dignitary stuff, y'know? ;-)
>>
>> "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 through footless halls of air....
>>
>> Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
>> I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
>> Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
>> And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
>> The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
>> Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."
>>
>> 'Flung my eager craft through footless halls of air ...' Good lord, where
>> does that stuff come from?
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