[PW] my traditional New Year's questions

[Karen Weiss]

A rather frustrating search of Google Books came up with a poem that 
appeared in Aerial Age (date not given), p. 62.  As far as I can tell 
Aerial Age ceased publication in 1923.  In an effort to at least get 
the title of the poem I tried to tease out the entire poem with no 
success.  Perhaps someone else can make use of this information and 
shed more light.  Here are the lines I got:

...With warnings day and night
Against reverses, loop-the-loops
And spirals that were tight.

"Fly low and slow, my darling son,"
His anxious parent said.
If Sonny followed her advice
He'd soon be with the dead.

"Be careful, darling boy of mine,
And do not go so fast.
If Sonny's motor slowed and died,
....

Don't barrel-roll, I beg of you
Her parting words had been.
So Sonny always nosed her down
And let the old ship spin.

"Those awful side-slips, dear, I fear
Will be the death of you."
So Sonny comforted his ma
And only did a few.

Karen Weiss

On Feb 5, 2007, at 10:48 AM, S M Colowick wrote:

>> 2.  During World War II, members of the USAAF sang a song of which the
>> refrain goes, "Fly low and slow, said his mother"  Details of the 
>> song,  please.
>> Failing that, does anyone know of a source that might help  me?
>
> I sugguest  that you try _Fighter pilots song book_ by E. H.
> Fernandes. The only library that seems to have it is the Air
> University Library at Fairchild AFB,
> http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/lane.htm. If it isn't in that book, they
> may have another resource for it. BTW, I've seen this quoted as "Son,
> be careful, fly low and slow."
>
> Susie
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