At 19, two weeks after composing this poem, John G Magee Jr. died in a mid air collision in his Spitfire, holding the line against the Nazis. He had A full Scholarship to Yale and could have avoided the war. I saw this when I was 6 in 1973. It inspired a life-long passion for poetry in me.
I remember in the late 80's - early 90's WEYI-TV, Channel 25 in Saginaw, Michigan would play this version of "High Flight" when they signed off at night. "High Flight" somehow seems *more* soothing to listen to than *any* version of the National Anthem during the wee hours, and it also bought back memories of the period after I graduated from college in New Jersey in 1986 and was temporarily living at home in Michigan before moving to Ohio on my own two years later.
The author, John Magee Jr., died in an air-to-air collision on a practice mission days after this was written. His father, John Magee, is a hero in China for documenting the rape of Nanjing before the beginning of WWII. Without Jon MaGee's work in photographing the carnage and torture of the Chines at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, the world may have never known he vicious and brutal the Japanese were.
Who wrote this. The composer/arranger from Dallas/Nashville did one of them that was played during the late 70's early 80's. I have not been able to find that version.
I always enjoyed watching this in the '70s at the WUAB-TV, Cleveland sign off. It's a nice calming, uplifting thing to listen to at bedtime.
This is the version I remember as a kid!
At 19, two weeks after composing this poem, John G Magee Jr. died in a mid air collision in his Spitfire, holding the line against the Nazis. He had A full Scholarship to Yale and could have avoided the war. I saw this when I was 6 in 1973. It inspired a life-long passion for poetry in me.
When I come across a poem I really like I commit it to memory, and this is one of them.
I remember in the late 80's - early 90's WEYI-TV, Channel 25 in Saginaw, Michigan would play this version of "High Flight" when they signed off at night.
"High Flight" somehow seems *more* soothing to listen to than *any* version of the National Anthem during the wee hours, and it also bought back memories of the period after I graduated from college in New Jersey in 1986 and was temporarily living at home in Michigan before moving to Ohio on my own two years later.
Yep this is the original version I remember!!!…
i REMEMBER WAITING FOR TV TO GO OFF FOR THE DAY TO WATCH THIS VIDEO, ESPECIALLY THE WORDS, I PUT OUT MY HANDS, AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD
I listened to this every night before I went to bed
KABC TV High Flight sign off before the National Anthem 1978-1990
The author, John Magee Jr., died in an air-to-air collision on a practice mission days after this was written. His father, John Magee, is a hero in China for documenting the rape of Nanjing before the beginning of WWII. Without Jon MaGee's work in photographing the carnage and torture of the Chines at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, the world may have never known he vicious and brutal the Japanese were.
Who wrote this. The composer/arranger from Dallas/Nashville did one of them that was played during the late 70's early 80's. I have not been able to find that version.