THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
(WARBIRD VERSION
'Twas the night
before Christmas all over the place,
When we were
confronted by an old flying ace.
There was icing
reported and turbulent air ,
He said,
"File me a flight plan, I gotta get there".
Outside sat his
aircraft all ready to run,
And the old man
walked out to that P-51.
"Bad
weather's no problem," he silently mumbled,
The prop came to
life...that big Merlin rumbled.
He eased in the
throttle, the roar shook the ground,
He taxied on out
and turned it around.
He went through
the run-up and seemed satisfied,
Then he said to
himself, "I'm in for a ride."
So he lined it up
straight as he poured on the coal,
The tailwheel came
up as he started to roll.
Up off the runway,
he sucked up the gear,
And that mighty
V-12 was all you could hear.
He screamed
overhead with a deafening crack,
Blue flames flying
from each little stack.
"He pulled up
the nose and started to climb,
No ice on that
airframe, it didn't have time.
On top of the
weather with the levers all set,
He looked up above
him and saw a Learjet.
"With jet
fuel and turbines there just ain't no class,
Gimmee pistons,
and props and lots of avgas!"
Now he was
approaching where he wanted to go.
But the weather
had covered the runway with ice and with snow. How will he land it?
We just have to
guess, because the only way in was a full I-L-S.
Then over the
outer marker, he started his run,
The ceiling was
zero, visibility...none.
Still going three
hundred and he felt the need,
For an overhead
break to diminish his speed.
Over the numbers
he zoomed, along like a flash,
Pulled into his
break, we just knew he would crash.
Oh, why do they do
it on these kind of nights??
Then over the
threshold, we saw landing lights.
I'm on a short
final with three in the green,
And I see enough
runway to land this machine.".
Then he tied down
that Mustang, and they all heard him say,..
"Next year, I'm stickin' with
my reindeer and sleigh.."
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