Best Aviation Poems

THE BIRTH OF AVIATION


It began with Orville and Wilbur Wright
Who had a vision of man in flight
They reasoned that if a bird can fly
What about man – why can't I

So work was started with a simple plan
That soon would lead to the flight of man
To...

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Yesterday I was in Rome,
The end of a vacation.
Today, though, I awoke at home,
All thanks to aviation.

I tracked my flight upon the map,
The little arrow moving
And didn’t take a single nap,
The choice of films improving.

They served two meals, a snack as well,
Plus drinks for our...

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I was quite young when I saw him for the first time...
I admit I was unsure about it...
But...
It was the first time I had felt such a connection...
a longing...a necessity...
I approached him nervously...
I still wasn't convinced!
But he held me in his arms...and promised to keep...

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A is for Airspeed who graduated from Oxford
   B is for Bristol with their whispering giants
C is for Convair and Canadair also
   B recalls Boulton-Paul who built many Defiants.

D for De Havilland and those sleek Comet racers
   E for...

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