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OTHER WORDS...
Aerodonetics
- \A`["e]*ro*do*net"ics\, n. The science
of gliding and soaring flight.
Vo•lant
- adj. \Vo"lant\ Passing through the air upon wings, or
as if upon wings; flying; hence, passing from place to place;
current.
For once
you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes
turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long
to return.
– Leonardo da Vinci
Sky
Fever
I
must to up to the skies again, to the white clouds and the grey,
And all I ask is a high launch, and the chance to 'get away';
And the wing's surge, and the wind's song, and the quiet clouds'
drifting, And a heat-haze on the land's face, and the warm air's
lifting
I
must go up to the skies again, for the call to soar and glide,
Is a free call, and a clear call, that may not be denied; And
all I ask is a sunlit day, and the bright height's gaining, 'Neath
the 'new-cu' that towers above, and it's lift maintaining
I
must go up to the skies again, to the peace of silent flight,
To the gull's way, and the hawk's way, and the free wings' delight;
And all I ask is a friendly joke with a laughing fellow rover,
And a large beer, and a deep sleep, when the long flight's over
– Robbie,
RAE Gliding Club, 'Sailplane & Gliding' magazine
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