Aviation song for US?

"Corky Scott" wrote in message
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First there was the song, then there were people naming things using
the song title.


Actually, first there was a poem. The poem that formed the basis for the
song "Puff, the Magic Dragon" was written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton.
Lipton passed his work along to friend and fellow Cornell student Peter
Yarrow. Yarrow set the poem to music and wrote additional lyrics. In 1961
Yarrow teamed up with Mary Travers and Paul Stookey to form Peter, Paul &
Mary. The trio recorded the song in 1962.

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:43:53 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

The trio recorded the song in 1962.

Thank you for the additional information on the origin of the song
"Puff the magic dragon". The song recording date appears to predate
any use of the nicknamed C-47 as a ground support aircraft, which was
first used in 1964, two years after the song was recorded.

Corky Scott

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:43:30 -0500, Corky Scott
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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


Yup, me too.
I work very close to Fort Leonard Wood in MO. The A-10s could easily earn
that nickname also from the sounds they make at the gunnery range. Those
guys fly over us at tree-top level, wag the wings, we wave back. I love it!
OK OK, I'll calm down now,
Marty

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.

Cool story. But apparently on the USS New Orleans:

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

Thanks,
Kev

A former instructor at our airport now flies A-10's. Every once in a while
he calls up on the CTAF something like "A-10 overflying in five minutes".
The last time he did this he did a series of Dutch rolls to 90 degree bank
and then a slow roll over the field at 1200'. Good stuff. Of course I have
no idea who he is, or even what airport it was. :-)

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


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"Jay Beckman" 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


Yup, me too.
I work very close to Fort Leonard Wood in MO. The A-10s could easily earn
that nickname also from the sounds they make at the gunnery range. Those
guys fly over us at tree-top level, wag the wings, we wave back. I love
it!
OK OK, I'll calm down now,
Marty

"Bob Chilcoat" wrote in message ...
A former instructor at our airport now flies A-10's. Every once in a while
he calls up on the CTAF something like "A-10 overflying in five minutes".
The last time he did this he did a series of Dutch rolls to 90 degree bank
and then a slow roll over the field at 1200'. Good stuff. Of course I have
no idea who he is, or even what airport it was. :-)

--
Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


Yes, of course, our (children's) tax dollars at work...

For the "Lighter Than Air" variety of aviation... who could ever forget
circa 1968, the Fifth Dimension's "Up, Up and Away (in my beautiful
balloon)"

"Jürgen Exner" wrote in
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Question: is there something similar in the US? _The_ aviator song?

Beyond the obvious, there are some that certainly could be so for GA...
except that few people know about them. Dwayne O'Brien's songs "Unusual
Attitude" or "People, Places, and Planes" or "I Have Arrived."

But I guess most folks just think of some version of "High Flight."

On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:40:59 GMT, "Jürgen Exner"
wrote in fUqNd.14246$uc.14003@trnddc08::

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

Probably not.

Here's another to add to the list: Straighten Up And Fly Right


Straighten Up And Fly Right
(Words and Music by Nat King Cole and Irving Mills)

The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said "Now listen, Jack"

"Straighten up and fly right"
"Straighten up and fly right"
"Straighten up and fly right"
"Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."
"Ain't no use in jivin' "
"What's the use in dabbin' "
"Straighten up and fly right"
"Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

The buzzard told the monkey "You're chokin' me"
"Release your hold and I'll set you free"
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
"Your story's fetchin' but it sounds like a lie"

"Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

(instrumental interlude)

"Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

Fly right!



Play a clip he
http://www.mp3.com/tracks/2331272/dl_streams.html

I brought that song back from Germany on a CD.I love that song