all made better, of course, with wings;
powered by air flowing over the wing,
a flying machine is a wonderful thing.
Over the course of a great many years,
designed on napkins over some beers;
or done on computer in some magical way.
Want to go up? What do you say?
Back at the end of World War Two,
some planes were retired, others were new,
the A-26 or B-26 were part of a new breed,
or in the Navy JD-1 is what you need.
Attack or Bomber, or Utility plane,
guns, bombs passengers, all the same;
a versitile aircraft, one among many,
if you need more than one, or don't need any.
They're all gone now, progress moves on,
now it's jet engines, the recips are gone;
the airframes are different while staying the same,
but they all fly, that's the name of the game.
Middle: A U S Air Force B-26 flies over Korea, during the Korean War.
Bottom: Done over again - this time it's a Canadian fire fighter.
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