This is the companion song to Mark L Berry and Leland ‘Chip’ Shanle’s article series “Big Flo Flies No More and will appear on AirwaysMag.com in conjunction with part II in the October issue.
Ode to Old Big Flo (without backing vocals)
– Words by Mark L Berry and Chris Belden
– Music by Chris Belden
– Performed by Chris Belden
Ode to Old Big Flo (with Chris’ backing vocals)
– Words by Mark L Berry and Chris Belden
– Music by Chris Belden
– Performed by Chris Belden
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
Lyrics Copyright©2012 by Mark L. Berry
