Aviation song for US?

Sam O'Nella wrote:
Question: is there something similar in the US? _The_ aviator song?

"Sky Pilot" by The Animals? http://www.rjsmith.com/skypilot.html

Errr... "Sky Pilot" is slang for a military priest or chaplain

But you probably knew that.

Cheers, Kev

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"Kev" wrote:

Sam O'Nella wrote:
Question: is there something similar in the US? _The_ aviator song?

"Sky Pilot" by The Animals? http://www.rjsmith.com/skypilot.html

Errr... "Sky Pilot" is slang for a military priest or chaplain

But you probably knew that.

Cheers, Kev

As in the probably much older (WW II?) example:

Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.
Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.
Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition,
And we'll all stay free.

For the sky pilot said it -- You gotta give 'em credit,
For a son of a gun of a gunner was he,
Shouting Praise the Lord, and . . .

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:40:59 GMT, "Jürgen Exner"
wrote:

In German there are two songs which could be considered the anthem of
aviation:

The upbeat "Flieger, grüß mir die Sonne" ("Pilot, greetings to the sun")
from the movie "F. P. 1 antwortet nicht", 1932, sung by Hans Albers
(http://www.drachenflieger.org/media/flieger/index.htm)
And the more melancholic "Über den Wolken muß die Freiheit wohl grenzenlos
sein" ("Above the clouds freedom must have no limits") by Reinhard Mey,
1970th(?); sorry, couldn't find any online version.

Question: is there something similar in the US? _The_ aviator song?

jue



Learning to Fly - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

AES wrote:

As in the probably much older (WW II?) example:

It dates from WWII. A chaplain on one of the battlewagons at Pearl Harbor became
famous for telling the sailors to "praise the Lord and pass the ammunition"
during the attack. IIRC, it was on the Oklahoma.

George Patterson
He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.

Google is your friend:

http://my.execpc.com/~dschaaf/praise.html

John

Google is your friend:

Not anymore. We went out and got drunk last weekend and when we got back,
Google started hitting on mah wife. I had to kick the sumbitch outta the
trailer.

On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:43:30 -0500, Corky Scott
wrote in
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Reminds me of the "Puff the magic
dragon" song by Peter Paul and Mary. People used to say that it was
really about smoking weed. Vehemently denied by PP&M.

I heard "Puff the magic dragon" was GI slang for the string of
explosive charges placed at the base of trees felled to create an
airstrip in Viet Nam.

"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:43:30 -0500, Corky Scott
wrote in
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Reminds me of the "Puff the magic
dragon" song by Peter Paul and Mary. People used to say that it was
really about smoking weed. Vehemently denied by PP&M.

I heard "Puff the magic dragon" was GI slang for the string of
explosive charges placed at the base of trees felled to create an
airstrip in Viet Nam.

I thought "Puff The Magic Dragon" was the AC-47? Or did this name come
later?

Jay B

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 21:22:54 -0700, "Jay Beckman"
wrote:

I thought "Puff The Magic Dragon" was the AC-47? Or did this name come
later?

Jay B

First there was the song, then there were people naming things using
the song title.

Corky Scott

Larry Dighera wrote:

I heard "Puff the magic dragon" was GI slang for the string of
explosive charges placed at the base of trees felled to create an
airstrip in Viet Nam.

Marine and Army vets I know used to refer to the gunships (like the
Gatlin-equipped C-47s) as "Puff." These were also called "Spooky."

George Patterson
He who would distinguish what is true from what is false must have an
adequate understanding of truth and falsehood.