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Companion Song: 13,760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky
Chapter 38 – Big Flo Flies No More

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Ode to Old Big Flo- Lyrics


So sorry to see you go, Big Flo
But you’ll help us more than you can know
All wired up so we can see
What goes on internally
To study airline crash survivability

Crash test dummies will see everything
Camera eyes watching nose and tail and wings
Will the overheads fly open?
Will the fuselage be broken?
Will the oxygen deploy when the landing gear’s destroyed?

So sorry to see you go, Big Flo
But you’ll help us more than you can know
All wired up so we can see
What goes on internally
To study airline crash survivability

Mid-air, Cap’n says it’s time to go
All three pilots bail—“Geronimo!”
Chase plane right behind ya
Don’t worry, we can find ya
Servos set for remote-controlled pitch and roll

So sorry to see you go, Big Flo
But you’ll help us more than you can know
All wired up so we can see
What goes on internally
To study airline crash survivability

Big Flo’s in position
For her final mission
Will she break up without burning?
Will this lead to higher learning?

Sorry to tell you Big Flo flies no more
But she helped us more than you could ever know
All wired up so we can see
What goes on internally
To study airline crash survivability

She kissed the sky then laid her head
In the cold brown earth of a dry lake bed
And now we say farewell to Old Big Flo
Yeah, now we say farewell to Old Big Flo

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from 13​,​760 Feet - My Personal Hole in the Sky, track released September 28, 2013
Words by Mark L Berry
Music by Chris Belden
Performed by Chris Belden

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Literary Companion Songs Missouri

Mark’s an airline pilot with an MFA from Fairfield University, author of a memoir and two novels, contributing editor for Airways magazine, and former managing editor for Mason's Road literary journal. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines, journals, and newspapers. He lives in St. Louis, MO near the big staple in the middle of the USA map. Locals call it: The Arch. ... more

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