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FAVORITE AVIATION POEMS
By John Gillespie Magee, Jr
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 throught footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
(Original Author Unknown - One version of
this poem
was posted on rec.aviation.piloting on Aug. 2,
1994)
{ This edited version is for F-4 Phantom jocks, our time is past}
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, where safe to do,
Frolicked in the trees,
where only flying squirrels flew.
Looked up at a lighthouse or two,
even disturbed the ram and ewe,
And done a hundred other things,
that you'd never want to do.
Just the guy in the back and me,
we’ve spent the night in terror of
things we 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.
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