Not the highest quality photo but the one I could dig up right now and yes it is a cheat words and photo Esteban ERik Stipnieks

 

 

 

The following is a parody of Low Flight a poem my father no doubt was familiar with as an Army Aviator who flew TH-55, UH-1 (practically all models in Army Inventory of it) OH-6, OH-13 He flew all those in combat, Bell 47 the boss of his boss gave Kris Kristofferson the ultimatum that changed history in the mid to late 1970s added the OH-58 in the 1980s added AH-1 Cobra and in the 1990s CH-47.  I cut my teeth in FTW and ERV the following poem is loving parody of the Cessna 150 flight expirence

CESSNA 150 flight Parody by Esteban Erik Stipnieks

Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

Climbed anemically on strut braced high wings

Struggling for altitude I caught a thermal in the Gaudalupe Valley

Mastered the art of thumbing rides on thermals

On a hot and high Kerrville day

Having caught air going my direction I soared

Watched my VSI indicate a climb of nearly 800 feet per minute

Near Comfort I was high enough to practice stalls and enjoyed the Cessna slop

Performed semi steep turns with the howl of the 0-200 leaned to peak performance at full throttle

On crosscountry flights I watched time go by with little country side

In Texas skies I've smiled at indicated airspeed of 80

And shouted Wow what a fun cheap flight date! 

 

 

 

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