Aviation Anecdotes

Amy Johnson There's a little lady who has captured ev'ry heart, Amy Johnson, it's you! We have watch'd and waited since the day you made your start, Amy Johnson, it's true! Since the news that you are safe has come along, Ev'ryone in Town is singing this love song: Amy, wonderful Amy, How can you blame me for loving you? Since you've won the praise of ev'ry nation, You have filled my heart with admiration, Amy, wonderful Amy, I'm proud of the way you flew, Believe me, Amy, you cannot blame me, Amy, For falling in love with you.   Another verse You deserve a lot of credit for your daring deeds, Amy Johnson, that's true! You are just the kind of person that the country needs, Amy Johnson, that's true! Yesterday you were but a nonentity, Now your name will go down to posterity. Amy, wonderful Amy, How can you blame me for loving you ...   Another verse 'Johnnie!' There's a shouting g...

  Amelia Earhart   Emptied is old Lorenzo’s royal crypt; Breathless now stands the startled Taj Mahal; Amelia lies in that blue manuscript- The sea, true heroine’s memorial. So, she achieves. What if the fatal prize Be misty tomb with airy marble set? Who knows where Desdemona’s kerchief lies, Or where the last word of dark Juliet? A sudden courage plucks us from ourselves, Bids us be heroine though death the price; Wherefore we bed on many lilied shelves The straight defenders of the sacrifice. Count her among the beautiful and brave, Her turquoise mausoleum in each wave. -          Nathalia Crane   Courage   Courage is the price that life exacts for granting peace The soul that knows it not, knows no release from little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear nor mountain heights, where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings. How can life grant us boon of living, compensa...