Best flying song?
tom pettit
I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
tom
john smith
I don't remember the title, but it is a Joe Walsh song.
The lyrics, "Standin' in the runway, wavin' at the plane, there goes
everything I own!"
Reminds me of the guy in northeast Ohio who didn't secure his Champ when
he propped it. The airplane took off with no one onboard. It flew for
over an hour before settling into some trees in Pennsylvania.
George Patterson
> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
Early Morning Rain
George Patterson
Drink is the curse of the land. It makes you quarrel with your neighbor.
It makes you shoot at your landlord. And it makes you miss him.
Paul Tomblin
>What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
"I Have Arrived", Dwayne O'Brien. Written by a pilot, for pilots.
--
Paul Tomblin <ptom...@xcski.com> http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
If you refer to a woman as any form of waterborne African mammal then a quick
death is absolutely the *best* thing that could happen to you next.
-- Adi
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
>
> I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
"My Bomber Flies 10,000 Miles" - Oscar Brand
--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
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Jack Allison
and the first few minutes of Top Gun that just seem to go together.
--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci
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Skywise
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> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
>
> I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>
> tom
Scanning my collection...can't say I have a specific favorite.
Where Eagles Dare - Iron Maiden
Flight Of Icarus - Iron Maiden
Aces High - Iron Maiden
The Eagle Has Landed - Saxon (Apollo 11)
Countdown - Rush (first shuttle flight)
Learning To Fly - Pink Floyd
Major Tom - Peter Schilling
Space Oddity - David Bowie
Rocket Man - Elton John
Flight of the Valkyries - Wagner (think Apocalypse Now)
Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (used in movie Apollo 13)
High Speed Dirt - Megadeth (skydiving)
Broken Wings - Mr. Mister (used to listen to this a lot when
flight simming back in the 80's, so it's a personal association)
Brian
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Jay Honeck
Agree 100%.
In fact, O'Brien's CD, "Song Pilot" (Published 2001 by Flight Song
Records) is an entire CD of flying songs written by O'Brien, an
aerobatic pilot, EAA and AOPA member, and former member of the group
"Little Feat". We played that disk in our hotel lobby (on shuffle play
with 4 other disks) continuously for almost two years, until our
small-but-vocal staff threatened to mutiny if they heard it again!
Interestingly, I just noticed (after a search) that Little Feat's
current CD is called "Barn Stormin'" -- even though O'Brien isn't with
them anymore. I wonder if they all fly?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"
.Blueskies.
http://www.alstewart.com/lyrics/flyingsorcery.htm
john smith
Sung by Peter Yarrow?
Flyingmonk
had a 900 Ninja a few months before the movie came out. Immediately
saved up more money for a leather jacket : -) Too bad I didn't join
the Navy, there was something abouit being stuck in a ship for up to
six months at a time.
I did sign up for the Marines like dad did, but dad yanked me out, I
was seventeen and forged his permission.
Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone
Aluckyguess
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Flyingmonk
yet, but I always enjoyed that song.
Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone
Dan Luke
I was driving across the burning desert
When I spotted six jet planes
Leaving six white vapor trails across the bleak terrain
It was the hexagram of the heavens
it was the strings of my guitar
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
The drone of flying engines
Is a song so wild and blue
It scrambles time and seasons if it gets thru to you
Then your life becomes a travelogue
Of picture-post-card-charms
Amelia, it was just a false alarm
Kyle Boatright
"tom pettit peak org>" <tompet<atdot> wrote in message
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>
> I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>
> tom
The Battle of Britain Soundtrack is my personal favorite. No words, but if
you've seen the movie a few dozen times, the music alone conjures up some
incredible images.
"Little Wing" as performed by Derek and the Dominos ain't bad either.
KB
Matt Barrow
Orval Fairbairn
"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" <morts...@carolina.rr.com.nospam> wrote:
> > What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
> >
> > I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>
>
> "My Bomber Flies 10,000 Miles" - Oscar Brand
"Give me Operations,"
"Bless 'Em All,"
"Throw a Nickel on the Grass, Save a Fighter Pilot's Ass," -- Oscar Brand
In the late 50s, Oscar Brand produced (three, IIRC) albums of aviation
songs, two military and one civil. These are a couple of them. The above
dated back to WW-II and Korean Wars and are sardonic and funny.
Bob Fry
tom> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject? I vote for
tom> Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
Didn't we go through this a few months ago?
Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf)
Close enough.
tom pettit
tom
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Michelle P
Michelle (age showing)
Al Gilson
1971
"We'll fly to the east, we'll fly to the west.
There's no place we can't call our own.
We'll fly to the north, we'll fly to the south.
This planet will become our own!"
Al Gilson
Skyhawk N3082U
Spokane/SFF
Jay Honeck
> Michelle (age showing)
Hey, I just bought that from Itunes a few weeks ago.
My 15 year-old son thought I was nuts, at first, but (after hearing the song
during our morning work outs for a few days) he's come 'round to agree that
ol' Blue Eyes could really, really sing.
There's hope for him, yet!
Kobra
I want to fly away - Lenny Kravitz
Kobra
Michelle P
I have the whole double CD set of his biggest hits!
Michelle
George Patterson
>>Early Morning Rain
>
> Sung by Peter Yarrow?
I prefer Lightfoot's version, but PP&M will certainly do.
cjcampbell
tom pettit wrote:
> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
"We're Up In the Air, the Junior Birdmen"
I wanted to fly ever since hearing this song when I was 5 years old...
JohnH
> Van Halen Fly Like and Eagle.
Don't you mean Steve Miller?
NW_PILOT
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JohnH
Is it time for the quarterly "flying song" thread already? My how time
flies!
I'd say pretty much any song by Captain Beefheart qualifies.
Paul Tomblin
>> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
>
>Is it time for the quarterly "flying song" thread already? My how time
>flies!
Quarterly? I thought it was daily.
--
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I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad thing.
Probably a bad thing; most things are bad things.
-- Nile Evil Bastard
Skylune
JohnH
> When I was but a wee little crew chief, my FE and I used to tap into
> the ICS system of our CH-47D, and listen to Rage Against the Machine,
> as we'd thread our way along the No Fly Line of the DMZ in Korea...It
> was exhilerating if you had a pilot who liked to yank and bank and do
> terrain flight like it's meant to be done!
Did I see you at First Landing Saturday?
jmk
bring a tear to the eye.
Jay Beckman
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>
>
> tom
Van Halen : "Dreams"
Dunno which video I like better, The Blue Angels in A4s or me in a T6 !!
Both very well edited (if I say so myself...ahem)
Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ
Mike W.
captures the spirit of flying well.
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> "Jay Beckman" <jnsbe...@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> "tom pettit peak org>" <tompet<atdot> wrote in message
>> news:a8idnRqFg8O...@scnresearch.com...
>> > What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
>> >
>> > I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>> >
>> > tom
>>
>> Van Halen : "Dreams"
>>
>> Dunno which video I like better, The Blue Angels in A4s or me in a T6 !!
>>
>> Both very well edited (if I say so myself...ahem)
>>
>> Jay Beckman
>> PP-ASEL
>> AZ Cloudbusters
>> Chandler, AZ
> Rush's 'Red Barchetta' is a good one, a song about a car, but I think it
> captures the spirit of flying well.
>
Oooo... Good Choice Too...
Jay B
Jack Allison
> I second that Jack. I was in high school when Top Gun came out, and I
> had a 900 Ninja a few months before the movie came out.
Ah, forgot about the motorcycle angle...good point/nice touch,
especially the leather jacket. Didn't get my jacket until last
year...but it's the Air Force version thanks to Dad.
--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student
Arrow N2104T
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci
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Skywise
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> Rush's 'Red Barchetta' is a good one, a song about a car, but I think it
> captures the spirit of flying well.
<Snipola>
I was going to put that in my big list posted earlier but since it
was about a car, I didn't. If I close my eyes while listening I can
so easily see myself in that red barchetta 'flying' down the road.
Brian
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Steve
> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
>
> I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>
> tom
Dunno why nobody picked up this one:
5 miles out (Mike Oldfield)
cwby-flyer
Mike
Frank
> What's your favorite tune with a flying subject?
>
> I vote for Stephen Stiles "Tree Top Flyer"
>
> tom
"Icarus" by Kansas (Masque).
"Borne on wings of steel
I have so much to feel..."
--
Frank....H
Skylune
or Tom Petty: "Free falling" or "Learning to fly"
"
Learing to fly, but I got no wings...Coming down, its the hardest thing."
Skylune out!
Skylune
scar Brand - Oscar Mayer Weiner Lyrics
I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner
That is what I truly wish to be
cause if i were a oscar mayer
weiner
everyone would be in love
oh everyone would be in love
everyone would be in love with me
Orval Fairbairn
<3d4e03db0a43774a...@localhost.talkaboutaviation.com>,
"Skylune" <longisla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I've got some news for "Skyloser."
He already IS a weenie! The sad part is: He doesn't know it!
jwilljr
> Flying Sorcery by Al Stewart...
>
> http://www.alstewart.com/lyrics/flyingsorcery.htm
>
>
Excellent pick!! I love that song...
Skylune
Weird.
BTW, the lunar landing was a hoax, Orville.
Orval Fairbairn
<28f4805d545ca95b...@localhost.talkaboutaviation.com>,
"Skylune" <longisla...@yahoo.com> (a self-admitted weenie, bot NOT
an Oscar Meyer weenie) wet the bed, plucked a fig (he is the Fig
Plucker's son, pulled a bugger from his nose and digitized it:
> One second Orville likes Oscar Brand, the next he calls him a "weenie."
> Weird.
No, "Sklyoser" is the self-admitted wannabe Oscar Meyer weenie (but
still a weenie, nonetheless).
> BTW, the lunar landing was a hoax, Orville.
No, the lunar landing was real -- "Skyloser" is a hoax!
Skylune
fulfill JFK's pledge. Use your brain, Orville (oh, yeah......)
Nevermind.
Gig 601XL Builder
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> The lunar walk was acted out in Hollywood studios out of desperation to
> fulfill JFK's pledge. Use your brain, Orville (oh, yeah......)
> Nevermind.
>
That's right and now they are going to do a remake of the original movie in
3D
www.imax.com/magnificentdesolation
Orval Fairbairn
<f53233ae08f2e3f8...@localhost.talkaboutaviation.com>,
"Skylune" <longisla...@yahoo.com> smoked some dope, plucked
another fig, wet his bed, smoked some more dope, pulled anothe booger
out of his nose and digitized it:
> The lunar walk was acted out in Hollywood studios out of desperation to
> fulfill JFK's pledge. Use your brain, Orville (oh, yeah......)
> Nevermind.
Now we know that, not only is "Skyloser" a weenie but a nutcase, too!
Watch out for squirrels when you go to the park, "Skyloon!"
Also, check to make sure that your tinfoil hat is securely positioned on
your pointed head!
Skylune
have all mutated. The remaining engineers listen to Oscar Brand's famous
tune (the one you like to fly by) again and again on their I-pods.
I'm truly sorry if I insulted you, as I now realize you're a renowned
engineer and private pilot extraordinaire. The bust they made in your
honor is a real honor:
http://www.whitleycollection.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=457
Skylune
http://www.strategypage.com/gallery/articles/military_photos_200581922.asp
.Blueskies.
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No doubt...heard it on someone's tape a long time ago and had no idea where it came from, then one day heard it on the
Year of the Cat album. Now it is mine forever...
"With your photographs of Kitty Hawk
And the biplanes on your wall
You were always Amy Johnson
From the time that you were small.
No schoolroom kept you grounded
While your thoughts could get away
You were taking off in Tiger Moths
Your wings against the brush-strokes of the day
Are you there?
On the tarmac with the winter in your hair
By the empty hangar doors you stop and stare
Leave the oil-drums behind you, they won't care
Oh, are you there?Oh, you wrapped me up in a leather coat
And you took me for a ride
We were drifting with the tail-wind
When the runway came in sight
The clouds came up to gather us
And the cockpit turned to white
When I looked the sky was empty
I suppose you never saw the landing-lights
Are you there?
In your jacket with the grease-stain and the tear
Caught up in the slipstream of dare
The compass rose will guide you anywhere,
Oh, are you there?The sun comes up on Icarus as the night-birds sail away
And lights the maps and diagrams
That Leonardo makes
You can see Faith, Hope and Charity
As they bank above the fields
You can join the flying circus
You can touch the morning air against your wheels
Are you there?
Do you have a thought for me that you can share?
Oh I never thought you'd take me unawares
Just call me if you ever need repairs
Oh, are you there?"
buttman
My second favorite is Learning to Fly by Pink Floyd.
Chris Wells
I haven't seen anyone mention Where Eagles Fly, by Sammy Hagar.
Pink Floyd's Learning to Fly is my favorite.
--
Chris Wells
j...@123xyz.com
"learning to fly" exhibiting the experience if David Gilmour in the band
who learned to fly....
'the circling sky..'
Clay
Machines"
donqu...@black-hole.com
Jay Honeck wrote:
> > "I Have Arrived", Dwayne O'Brien. Written by a pilot, for pilots.
>
> Agree 100%.
>
> In fact, O'Brien's CD, "Song Pilot" (Published 2001 by Flight Song
> Records) is an entire CD of flying songs written by O'Brien, an
> aerobatic pilot, EAA and AOPA member, and former member of the group
> "Little Feat". We played that disk in our hotel lobby (on shuffle play
> with 4 other disks) continuously for almost two years, until our
> small-but-vocal staff threatened to mutiny if they heard it again!
>
> Interestingly, I just noticed (after a search) that Little Feat's
> current CD is called "Barn Stormin'" -- even though O'Brien isn't with
> them anymore. I wonder if they all fly?
> --
> Jay Honeck
> Iowa City, IA
> Pathfinder N56993
> www.AlexisParkInn.com
> "Your Aviation Destination"
When exactly was O'Brien in Little Feat? 1965-1969?
OtisWinslow
O'Brien was in Little Texas
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Bill
Especially when I'm taking people out who have never flown in a small
plane, I have "Come Fly With Me" queue'd up, ready to go when I get my
takeoff clearance. If I hit the button when I get the clearance, the
vocals usually come in just after we rotate.
I had a guy tell me after we tookoff that Sinatra and the experience
combined almost made him teary-eyed. :)
Enroute, I have a bunch of John Mayer, Dave Matthews, etc,
interspersed with stuff like "Learning To Fly" - Petty, and more
Sinatra with "Fly Me To The Moon"
The occasional obvious flying song keeps the mood light on the trip.
Bill Strahan
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>
> O'Brien was in Little Texas
What the heck is/was "Little Texas"? I've always thought/been told he was
with "Little Feat"?
Either way, it's a great album.
Skylune
* Rock stars Buddy Holly, 22; J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, 28; and
Ritchie Valens, 17, Feb. 3, 1959
* Country singer Patsy Cline, 30, March 5, 1963
* Soul singer Otis Redding, 26, Dec. 10, 1967
* Pop singer Jim Croce, 30, Sept. 20, 1973
* Lynyrd Skynyrd country/rock musicians Ronnie Van Zant, 28; Cassie
Gaines, 29; and Stevie Gaines, 28, Oct. 21, 1977
* Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan, 35, Aug. 27, 1990
*Aayilah.
N93332
> Any song by the following:
What, no John Denver???
Skylune
Montblack
> What, no John Denver???
Will Rogers.
I have a tape of his radio shows in the car.
Montblack
At the Grammys it's Best Spoken Word :-)
j...@frii.com
> What, no John Denver???
Nope, no John Denver!
Best regards,
Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard
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CELL 970 231-6325 EMAIL jer'at'frii.com WEB http://users.frii.com/jer/
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CAP-CO Mission&Aircraft CheckPilot, BM218 HAM N0FZD, 234 Young Eagles!
Orval Fairbairn
<c2f165add8c7c710...@localhost.talkaboutaviation.com>,
"Skylune" <longisla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Rocky Mountain High" was my first response to this thread.
Well, that figures! Judging from the "'Loon's" postings in this NG, I
would expect that he is "Rocky Mountain High" most of the time!
Skylune
think the hit by Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust" is deserving of
consideration.
Frode Berg
Jazz tune.
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Walter Kronester
you should look and listen to this:
http://www.3-p.de/RV/glashaus_-_ohne_dich.rm
The singing girl of the German band Glashaus (glass house) owns a GPL and
flew the LS4 really herself.
regards
Walter
Mike Schumann
Mike Schumann
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