On September 3, 1941, Magee flew a high altitude (30,000 feet) test flight in a newer model of the Spitfire V. As he orbited and climbed upward, he was struck with the inspiration of a poem -- "To touch the face of God." Once back on the ground, he wrote a letter to his pa...
HIGH FLIGHT (Poem)Magee Jr., John Gillespieall hands
for their ritual outing – a clattering cacophony, jostling for air space in their flight over the roof and further afield. In February they will build their nests, high in the trees. Weeks later the parents will defend eggs and fledglings mobbing the thieving red kites, with gang warfare....
of Orithyia.(Poem) The Flight of Orithyia.(Poem)The Flight of Orithyia.(Poem)ONTJES, LINDEN
his class mares. That edition contained what may been the first printed copy of a poem written by his older brother, John. We junior high students adopted that poem as oir own. Thank you, Christipher, for sharing -- and thank you, Jorn, for writing -- "High Flight." (I knew the ...
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