CURLY:
You couldn't accuse them
Of thinking too small.
The new ships would each take
Five million cubic feet of gas,
More than two-and-a-half times
As big as 'Tiny',
And carry one hundred passengers
And eight tons of mail
To Canada or Karachi.
I followed events for five years
From the sidelines,
But I had remained a
Member of the Royal Aero Club
And I'd stand in the bar
With my ear to the ground...
Well you know what I mean...
Hungry for any inside dope,
Making sure the Big Fellows
Didn't forget me,
'Cause I had to be a part of it.
This is what I thought airships were for
And I'd be damned if I'd let them
Fly off without me...
I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly...
I wanna fly... I wanna fly... I wanna fly...
It wasn't hard to get news
Of the Government Ship,
The one that they called the R.101,
In fact you could hardly avoid it.
The Air Ministry turned
A whole pack of Press Agents loose.
Hunting down stories or cooking them up
Then they'd feed them to Fleet Street
Who swallowed them all
And came back for more.
Typewriters always seem hungry...
AIR MINISTRY PR:-
National Enterprise...
The full resources of the State...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:-
No expense spared
Says Government spokesman...
No half measures for dirigible flagship...
AIR MINISTRY PR:-
Teams of experts...
Government scientists....
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:-
Hats off to the airship master-brains...
Boffins in the clouds
From our Special Correspondent....
AIR MINISTRY PR-
Fundamental research...
Fearless innovation...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:-
A triumph of science and technology...
Airship will fly With a hundred new inventions..
AIR MINISTRY PR:-
Power steering
with feather-light controls!...
THE GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS:-
Triumph of British engineering...
Elegant staterooms, full central heating...
Free supplement
With special illustrations...
A triumph of British engineering...
A triumph!..
