“Oh, I have slipped the surely bands of Earth — And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings — Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth — of sunlit clouds, ...

John Gillespie Magee Jr (far left) had the idea for the poem during high altitude Spitfire training For 75 years the sonnet High Flight, by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot John Gillespie ...

John Gillespie Magee Jr. Library and Archives, Canada Whether you love it or hate it, John Gillespie Magee’s “High Flight” remains the most enduring of aviation poems: ...

American pilot John Gillespie Magee, serving with the Royal Air Force at the beginning of World War II, penned some words that described his experiences in the air. His poem, “High Flight ...

High Flight was written by Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr., who was an American citizen, but who joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at the start of World War II. The United States had not ...

For 75 years the sonnet High Flight, by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr, has been a favourite poem of aviators the world over.

The Spitfire-pilot author, John Gillespie Magee, Anglo-American by background but flying with the Royal Canadian Air Force, was tragically killed at… ...

For 75 years the sonnet High Flight, by Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot John Gillespie Magee Jr, has been a favourite poem of aviators the world over.