REMEMBERING THE FORGOTTEN MECHANIC
 

Through the history of world aviation Many names have come to the fore... Great deeds of the past
In our memory will last,
As they're joined by more & more...
When man first started his labor
of quest to conquer the sky
He was designer, mechanic & pilot, 
And he built a machine that would fly... But somehow the order got twisted, 
And then in the public's eye
The only man that could be seen
Was the man who knew how to fly...
The pilot was everyone's hero,
He was brave,
He was bold,
He was grand,
As he stood by his battered old biplane
With his goggles & helmet in hand...
To be sure, these pilots all earned it,
To fly you have to have guts...
And they blazed their names
In the hall of fame
On wings with bailing wire struts...
But for each of these flying heros
There were thousands of little reknown,
And these were the men
Who worked on the planes
But kept their feet on the ground...
We all know the name of Lindbergh,
And we've read of his flight of fame...
But think, if you can,
Of his maintenance man,
Can you remember his name?
And think of our wartime heros,
Gabreski, Jabara, and Scott...
Can you tell me of the names
Of their crew chiefs?
A thousand to one you cannot...
Now pilots are highly trained people,
And wings are not easily won...
But without the work of the maintenance man Our pilots would march with a gun...
So when you see mighty aircraft
As they mark their ways through the air,
The grease-stained man with the
wrench in his hand
Is the man who put them there...
 

Anonymous
 

 


 



 

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