Silent Wings Museum
Silent Wings Museum, "The Legacy of The World War II Glider Pilots", is a museum in Lubbock, Texas.
History
The museum is located on the site of the World War II South Plains Army Air Field, where glider pilots were trained between 1942 and 1945, after which time they were required also to command skills in powered flight. The Lubbock site was chosen for the glider school because of its dry, warm weather, mostly clear skies, and goodwill in the local community. The climate creates conditions of upward air currents and relatively little low-cloud formation, both conditions essential in gliding. The glider training area is now within the scope of the museum and the nearby Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
In 1971, former pilots of the U.S. Army Air Force banded together to form the National World War II Glider Pilots Association, Inc. Their mission was to establish a forum for glider pilots to interact socially and provide the framework for the preservation of the history of the U.S. glider program.
Podcasts:
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by Nocturnal Winds
Silent Wings
by: Nocturnal WindsIs it always dark or am I just blind to light?
Is it always cold or has my circulation stalled?
My eyes are mere the eyes of a man
My soul is cursed, my kind I've damned
My chains are mere the chains of a mind
My world subconscious expulsion of light
I barely hear the silent wings
Sometimes even darkness dims
I never moved still I lost where I began
Swift horse went by with the world on its back
On sailed the longships captained by time
I kept my share of darkness, the mere darkness of man
I barely hear the silent wings
Sometimes even darkness dims
Is it always dark or am I just blind to light?
Is it always cold or has my circulation stalled?
My eyes are mere the eyes of a man
My soul is cursed, my kind I've damned
My chains are mere the chains of a mind
My world subconscious expulsion of light
I barely hear the silent wings