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The song tells of a young man bringing his girlfriend along on a flight on his personal airplane. Written in the early days of aviation, it expresses the technological optimism of the era. For example, the song mentions the couple feeling they could "hit the Moon", [ 4 ] a feat which was eventually accomplished less than 60 years after the ...
High Flight has been a favourite poem amongst both aviators and astronauts. It is the official poem of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The poem has to be recited from memory by fourth-class cadets at the United States Air Force Academy, where it can be seen on display in the Cadet Field House. [13]
[2] [3] On the gravestone are inscribed the first and last lines from his poem "High Flight". Part of the official letter to his parents read, "Your son's funeral took place at Scopwick Cemetery, near Digby Aerodrome, at 2.30 pm, on Saturday, 13 December 1941, the service being conducted by Flight Lieutenant S. K. Belton, the Canadian padre of ...
Young woman traveling on her own with a very clear fear of flying on a 12 hour flight, downed some pills with red wine, was already visibly drunk, liquid s**t herself 5 hours in, I had the window ...
Funny flight attendant distracts passengers from delay with hilarious safety instructions January 27, 2023 at 9:00 AM He was able to keep us all distracted with humor while we waited to take off ...
Then on 12 November a flight of 22.2 seconds carried the 14-bis some 220 m (720 ft), earning the Aéro-Club prize of 1,500 francs for the first flight of more than 100 m. [39] This flight was also observed by the newly formed Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and became the first record in their log book. [citation needed]
The title is taken from the British poet Humbert Wolfe's poem "Autumn Resignation". When the Lindberghs were waiting for enough wind to commence the flight in Gambia, Anne had kept reciting two lines from the poem: "Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves". [2] Just like Lindbergh's first book, North to the Orient, Listen!
The poem has been noted as a cautionary tale for over-reliance on technology. [1] [4] Writing for ThoughtCo, Richard Nordquist described the poem as "an exercise in homophonous humor". [1] In Public Relations Writing, Donald and Jill Treadwell wrote that the poem has "humor that hits home for most professional writers". [4]