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Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter Since 1995

Aviation Memorabilia Newsletter

Since 1995

Between Ourselves
Issue dated July 1943
 
 
The Co-Pilot by Ken Murray - CCA
 
I am the co-pilot; I sit on the right
It's up to me to be quick and bright.
I never talk back, for I have regrets,
But I have to remember what the Captain forgets.

I make out the flight plan and study the weather,
Pull up the gear and stand by to feather;
Check the tanks and do the reporting,
And fly the old crate while the captain is courting.

I take the readings, adjust the power,
Put on the heaters when in a shower;
Tell him where we are on the darkest night,
And do all the bookwork without any light.

I call for my Captain and buy him cokes,
I always laugh at his corny jokes;
And once in a while when his landings are rusty
I always come through with: "By gosh, it's gusty".

All in all, I'm a general stooge
As I sit on the right of the man I call "Scrooge."
I guess you think that is past understanding,
But maybe someday he will give me a landing.
 
Editors' Note: Prior to the jet age!
 

Our cartoon by Dave Mathias is from the
'Between Ourselves' magazine issue October 1946.
 
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