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BOIKAT!
Low Flight
Oh! I've slipped through the swirling clouds of dust,
a few feet from the dirt,
I've flown the Phantom low enough,
to make my bottom hurt.
I've TFO'd the deserts, hills,
valleys and mountains too,
Frolicked in the trees,
where only flying squirrels flew.
Chased the frightened cows along,
disturbed the ram and ewe,
And done a hundred other things,
that you'd not care to do.
I've smacked the tiny sparrow,
bluebird, robin, all the rest,
I've ingested baby eaglets,
simply sucked them from their nest!
I've streaked through total darkness,
just the other guy and me,
And spent the night in terror of
things I could not see.
I've turned my eyes to heaven,
as I sweated through the flight,
Put out my hand and touched,
the master caution light.
I'm going to die the way I've lived...poor, screaming, and naked.
I'm glad you liked it.
Unfortunately, no. I didn't write it. That is the second version of Low Flight that I know of. AFAIK, the author of both versions is unknown.
The other version is the unofficial poem of Army Aviation, helicopter pilots, and goes a little something like this...
Low Flight
Oh, I've slipped the surly 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.
Unfortunately, no. I didn't write it. That is the second version of Low Flight that I know of. AFAIK, the author of both versions is unknown.
The other version is the unofficial poem of Army Aviation, helicopter pilots, and goes a little something like this...
Low Flight
Oh, I've slipped the surly 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.
I'm going to die the way I've lived...poor, screaming, and naked.
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Tomorrow is the LAST DAY of my 20's.....
WOW...I guess I have to grow up now, huh?
YEah RiGHt!!
WOW...I guess I have to grow up now, huh?
YEah RiGHt!!
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon
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Ambrose Redmoon
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WB, LadyFlame! How's the music gig?
Thanks! Yeah, I don't plan 'being' old, I just plan on staying a "PYT"! 
Thanks for asking....
YES...today I am celebrating the 5th anniversary of my 25th birthday!
Music is going great! I put a new back up band together and we've been giggin this summer....I'm fired up cuz' I'd been playing the coffee shop scene for a while, and my music takes a whole new kick with a live full band...Lovin' it!WB, LadyFlame! How's the music gig?
Thanks for asking....
YES...today I am celebrating the 5th anniversary of my 25th birthday!
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
Ambrose Redmoon
www.myspace.com/nanyanasummer
Ambrose Redmoon
www.myspace.com/nanyanasummer