The Flying Instructors Lament – enjoy!

THE FLYING INSTRUCTORS LAMENT

“What did you do in the War, Daddy?
How did you help us to win?”
“Circuits and bumps and turns, Laddie,
And how to get out of a spin!”

“Woe and alack and misery me!
I trundle around in the sky.
And instead of shooting down Nazis
I’m teaching young hopefuls to fly!”

“Thus is my service rewarded-
My years of experience paid-
Never a Hun have I followed down
Nor ever gone out on a raid.”

“They don’t even let us go crazy:
we have to be safe and sedate.
So its nix on inverted approaches-
They stir up the C.F.I.’s hate”

“For its oh such a naughty example
and what will the A.O.C. think?
We never get posted to fighters
We just get a spell in the Link!”

“So its circuits and bumps from morning til noon
And instrument flying til tea-
“Hold her off! Give her bank! Put your undercart down!
You’re slipping, you’re skidding- that’s me!”

“As soon as we’ve finished with one course
Like a flash up another one bobs
And there’s four more to show round the cockpit
And four more to try out the knobs!”

“What did you do in the War, Daddy?
How did you help us to win?”
“Circuits and bumps and turns, Laddie,
And how to get out of a spin!”

Courtesy of B Flight 6 Elementary Flying Training School instructor, Sgt. Bert Allam, sung in the Mess at Sywell and in The Horseshoe pub many times!

Mr Allam Just sent us a copy I thought I’d share it! 😀