Good Warbird Video

[glcaines]

I thought this warbird memorial video 'We Remember' was really good. I hope it wasn't already posted.
www.youtube.com/v/RU1oB8sGyYM

 

[wreckerman893]

For those who have flown and will fly to keep our freedom intact:

"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

[123mack]

Some spitfires. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx3MU9iM6c[/media]

 

[randini]

For those who have flown and will fly to keep our freedom intact:

"High Flight"

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I have trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
- Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

When I was a kid, there was a public service spot where this was read, right before the channel signed-off I never really thought about it at the time, now I wish they still showed that.

 

[wreckerman893]

When I was a kid, there was a public service spot where this was read, right before the channel signed-off I never really thought about it at the time, now I wish they still showed that.

I remember when TV and radio stations played the Star Spangled Banner when they signed on/off.

In the South they played "Dixie".

How far we have fallen.

 

[OEFISHER]

If you ever want to feel good all day the next time you are out to eat look around and find somebody with a hat or something that shows they were a vet. I usually look for the WW II or Korea guys and pay their tab. I always try to get the wait staff to just bring me their check so they don't know who did it. I just tell the waitress to tell them somebody wanted to say thank you. Try it, you will like it.

 

[earnie]

If you ever want to feel good all day the next time you are out to eat look around and find somebody with a hat or something that shows they were a vet. I usually look for the WW II or Korea guys and pay their tab. I always try to get the wait staff to just bring me their check so they don't know who did it. I just tell the waitress to tell them somebody wanted to say thank you. Try it, you will like it.

now this sounds like a good thing to do, thanks for caring