[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > COUPERS > I DIDN''T DIE THIS MORNING, BUT I MUST'VE WENT TO HEAVEN. I WAS UP AT > SUNRISE ON THE DAWN OF A BEAUTIFUL DAY, AND ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET TO THE > AIRPORT WITHOUT MY PAGER OR CELL PHONE INTERRUPTING MY PLANS. THE "BURGUNDY > BELLE" AND I LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY JUST AS A BEAUTIFUL CASCADE OF VIOLENT RED > SUNBEAMS MADE IT'S WAY OVER THE DISTANT HORIZON. UP TO A THOUSAND FOOT OUT > NEAR THE CANYONS AND JUST A LITTLE PRAYER FOR THE WORLD AS GOD INTENDED FOR > ERCOUPE DRIVERS TO VIEW IT. THIS WAS INDEED WHAT MR. MCGEE MUST HAVE FELT > AND SEEN AS HE WROTE THE WORDS TO "HIGH FLIGHT" SO MANY YEARS AGO. > > POP DOWN THE SIDE WINDOWS, SET THE TRIM, POINT THE NOSE EAST BY SOUTH EAST, > AND WATCH THE SUNRISE AS ONLY A FLYER CAN WITNESS IT. > > DRAW IN A DEEP BREATH OF COOL MORNING AIR LACED WITH THE SMELL OF A RESIDUAL > RAIN SHOWER, AND KNOW THAT THIS IS THE START OF A WONDERFUL DAY. THEN TAKE A > MOMENT AND LINGER BELOW THE VAST EXPANSE OF FEATHERY LACY UMBRELLA CLOUDS > THAT GUARD THE LIGHT UPDRAFTS FROM YESTERDAYS WARMTH. > LINGER ONLY A FEW MOMENTS LONGER AND WATCH THE SUN AS IT BREAKS AWAY FROM THE > EARTH ON IT'S APPOINTED CLIMB UPWARD. > > SALUTE THE SUN, AND TURN SLOWLY TOWARD THE AIRPORT AND THE WAITING WORKDAY. > SMILE, FOR NOTHING CAN RUIN YOUR ELATION AT BEING THE FIRST ONE TO ESCORT > GOD'S MESSENGER ON ITS WAY TOWARD THE DAWNING OF A WONDERFUL NEW DAY > > JIM MILLER > ERCOUPE N94732 > > IN CASE ANYONE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, I WENT FLYING THIS MORNING AND IT WAS > INDEED A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
Hi Jim,
What an exellent post! If you'd re-arrange a few words to make
them
rhyme we'd have a "HIGH FLIGHT, II"! I've read it twice and have
printed it off to keep in my "Collection of Memories".
Bob Saville
N3396H 415C
Eugene, OR
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