Low Flight (author Unknown)

[twinstar_ca]

had to test out my new avatar... thanks much to kyle for fixin' it for me!!

had read this many years ago and thought it was cool... something to read and maybe relate to/laugh/shake your head at/or just groan!!!

'low flight-dedicated to all helicopter drivers'

oh, i have slipped the surly bonds of earth
and hovered out of ground effect on semi-rigid blades;
earthward i've auto'd 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 ridge with drooping turns
where never cf-18 or even twotter flew.
shaking and pulling collective, i've lumbered
the low untrespassed halls of victor airways,
put out my hand and touched a tree.

and yes, i changed a couple of words to make it more canadian!!

 

[Vortex Ring]

From a dude flying Sea Kings:

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of the flightdeck
And hovered in salt spray and out of ground effect on semi-rigid blades;
Earthward I've auto'd and met the rising brush of cresting waves;
And done a hundred things you would never care to -
Dipped and dropped and flared
Low in the head soaked roar,
Pitching deck there, low Nr here,
I've chased the survace vessels
And lost the race to insignificant headwinds;
Forward and up a little in ground effect,
matching torques;
I've topped the Admiral’s bridge
with drooping turns
Where never VOODOO or even SABRE flew,
Shaking and pulling collective,lumbering ASE off into the low un-trespassed
halls of night dipping,
Put out my hand and touched….
a wave!
Holy crap, FULL POWER BOTH!


Adaptation of High Flight by Stephane Demers

 

[twinstar_ca]

outstanding, vortex ring!!!

anyone else out there have any variations??