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What Would I Gain If I Spoke With A Plane?

In this tale, an
individual is
reminiscing about an
airplane from their
childhood.
The narrator's father
was the pilot, who
carefully maintained
the Piper Cherokee
235 while flying for
several decades.
While contemplating
all the adventures as a
passenger in
"Three-Two", the
narrator imagines the
plane to be talking -
elaborating on the
story from its own
perspective!

It was a lot of fun to go

Up flying with my Dad,

One - Zero - Zulu was our

Favorite rental plane they had.

     Each airplane has some numbers

     And some letters on it’s side,

     To radio the tower

     So the planes do not collide.

For every letter, there’s a word

The pilots have to use,

Because some letters sound so close

They’re easy to confuse.

     So, ‘Zulu’ stands for letter ‘Z’

     And ‘Niner’ is for ‘9’;

     The pilots all wear headsets

    That help block the engine’s whine.

As time went on, my father

Got an airplane of his own;

I have lots of good memories

Of fun places we have flown.

             The plane we had, with four seats

              Was a Piper Cherokee -

              And when we called the tower,

              We said “Here’s three - two - whiskey!”

We went to Beaumont, Kansas

Where we landed on the grass

And taxied down the main street

To the restaurant - all first class!


             Sometimes, we’d fly to other towns

             For airport restaurant fare;

             Sometimes, we’d just do ‘touch - and - go’s’

            And not go anywhere!

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