Within a span of several months, their lives were rocked by the discovery that their newborn daughter had Down Syndrome, husband Rory's mother died, and wife Joey was diagnosed with cervical cancer. They released eight albums together, but then came the devastation of 2014. The couple found success as a country music act when they appeared on the CMT talent show, Can You Duet. Knowing about the background of this talented husband-wife music duo makes this 2016 hymn about flying away upon death all the more meaningful. Before telling the agent he's had enough, here's what he says as a warm-up: He wouldn't receive such judgment if he were a businessman in a three-piece suit. The man is traveling to his next show, and the airline agent is unfairly hassling him.Īlthough he's a frequent flier, the guy maintains he's being mistreated because he has long hair and is a musician. That's the situation in this 1998 country ditty. "Airline Agent" by James McMurtryĪny musician who has attempted to fly with their guitar has undoubtedly tangled with an airline agent about carrying the instrument onboard. Too late, buddy! This 2007 country song was a moderate pop crossover success. He ruminates, unable to figure out why she's up on that plane and he's left behind. Dejected, he sits on the hood of his truck running through all the coulda-woulda-shouldas of their relationship. The narrator's girlfriend has left him, and now she's 30,000 feet up in the air on one of the airplanes overhead. The man also requests that the aircraft take him to a new, better place and arrive there on time because he has important things to do. He asks the plane to cradle him so that he is cozy, then to lull him to sleep without dropping him from the sky. The song's narrator, with the innocence of a child, eerily addresses the airplane he is boarding. If you're afraid of flying then you should be able to identify with this slow, poignant rock tune from 2010.
But facts won't help the 6.5 percent of the population with aviophobia, or fear of flying. One's chance of being in an airline accident is 1 in 11 million. "Airplane" by Plain White T'sįrom a statistical standpoint, flying is the safest way to travel. One of these situations involves an airplane: He presents a number of imaginary scenarios to show the lengths he would go to alleviate her tension. The girl who is at the center of this 2018 pop love ballad is experiencing anxiety, and the narrator, her kind-hearted lover, is intent upon helping her. "If I Had an Airplane" by SayWeCanFly (Featuring Emily James) As a result of this dangerous incident, there were significant safety upgrades.ġ1. The 747 jumbo jet wasn't introduced into commercial service for four more years. Because there were no reserve fuel tanks at that time, the plane came perilously close to using up all of its fuel.Īlthough the song refers to Scandinavian flight #101 and a 747 plane, it was actually flight #911 and probably a Douglas DC-8.
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A Scandinavian flight with 89 passengers plus the crew aboard was detoured to JFK airport in the dark. With no lights to assist planes in landing, some were forced to remain in the air. The Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 was a power disruption that impacted the northeastern United States and parts of Canada for up to 13 hours. This 1980 heavy metal song is based on the true story of such a critical air safety incident. Imagine that the lights are out in New York City below and you're aboard a plane that needs to land urgently.
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