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Format

Why does the box on the right give 7" and 12" as formats of the song, when the text says that 'Learning to Fly' was "the first CD-only single"? Seems like a contradiction to me.--[[User:Kabas

It's wrong. The single was released on both 7" and 12" formats. I've removed it. NH78.147.153.46 (talk) 15:08, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

did nick play drums on this track(or to rephrase the question what tracks on this LP did he play on?

Who wrote it?

The main Pink Floyd article says the music for this song was written by Ezrin and Carin. This article says it's written mostly by Gilmour. What's the truth? 74.77.208.52 17:48, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

We'll probably never know. Everyone involved with AMLoR swears up and down that Gilmour did most of the writing (usually, in the same breath, stating that he's also the nicest guy in the world). But the main chord progression, Jon Carin does take credit for. --63.25.224.152 (talk) 01:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Video

The article states the video was filmed in Banff National Park but this is simply not true. Mountain scenes are in the Canmore/Exshaw area of the Bow Valley. In particular some of the recognizable peaks in the background are The Three Sisters and Pigeon Mountain. 68.145.77.233 (talk) 04:39, 1 November 2012 (UTC) <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshandro/746033072/> <http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/North_America/Canada/Prairies/Alberta/Kananaskis/photo1197465.htm>[reply]

Circle of Life

Can anyone hear the similarities between this song and the Lion King song "Circle of Life"?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.209.233.63 (talk) 00:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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"Musical Composition"

The section titled "Musical composition" had nothing to do with the music or how the song came to be written. Since there's nothing particularly interesting about the music (sure, it's a groovy song, but nothing special musically), I figured it would be easier to re-title the section than re-write it. So I just changed it to "Background". Boooring, I know . . . Sorry. --63.25.224.152 (talk) 01:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Radio chatter

Throttle Friction lock - set. Mixture's - rich Propellers - fully forward Flaps - set - 10 degrees Engine gauges and suction - check Mixture set to maximum percent - recheck Flight instruments... Altimeters - check both Beacon and Navigation lights - on Pitot Heater - on Strobes - on (to tower): Confirm 3-8-Echo ready for departure (tower): Hello again, this is now 129.4 (to tower): 129.4. It's to go. (tower): You may commence your takeoff, winds over 10 knots. (to tower): 3-8-Echo Easy on the brakes. Take it easy. Its gonna roll this time. Just feed in the power gradually, and it...

Origins of the song meaning

David Gilmour, already an accomplished pilot, learned to fly a sailplane. Shortly after one of his first solo flights he ignored a critical lesson and consequently experienced wing icing and nearly crashed as a result: sailplanes cannot tolerate additional weight and most have no means to melt the ice while in flight. Reference to "the circling sky", "suspended animation" and "state of bliss" are all real feelings one feels while flying a sailplane. He described the feeling as extremely humbling and very fortunate the flight did not end in disaster. Other current events in his and the groups life paralleled the experience and hence numerous metaphors from a real life experience. This information is recalled from a publicized interview of Gilmour many years ago. Rasalas49 (talk) 16:12, 2 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Covers

Searching for Major Tom (2011) by William Shatner includes Pink Floyd's "Learning to Fly" with Edgar Froese playing guitar and keyboards.^[1]

References

^ "Announcing the Song Line Up for Bill Shatner's Upcoming Album Searching for Major Tom". WilliamShatner.com.

Move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was not moved. No clear primary topic, or at least no evidence was provided for that proposition, which is the apparent thrust of the nomination, despite the use of the word "notability".--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 12:27, 20 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Learning to Fly (Pink Floyd song) → Learning to Fly (song) – There's only three songs called "Learning to Fly". The Pink Floyd song seems more notable. yeepsi (Time for a chat?/OVAR 9000!) 16:06, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Why? The Tom Petty song charted higher on both the US singles and UK charts and both songs were #1 US AOR chart tracks. — AjaxSmack 16:39, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose the Petty song is at least as notable. Hot Stop 17:18, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – even if one is "more notable", why suggest a more ambiguous title for it? Dicklyon (talk) 20:54, 13 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose what's the point? It's still being disambiguated. If it needs disambiguation, then it should atleast be clear as to what it is. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 03:26, 14 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Regardless of notability, precising and disambiguating songs with the same name still stands. Notability and titling are not usually related, and this is no exception. It needs withdrawl or speedy close. --George Ho (talk) 15:29, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Soft rock?

In the post-Waters era with the release of "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" and "The Division Bell", I noticed that Pink Floyd explored a slightly more soft rock approach in this song, similar to what Genesis were doing at the time on albums such as "We Can't Dance". Do you think "Learning to Fly" qualifies as soft rock? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.219.160.114 (talk) 03:20, 26 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Aircraft

"The red/orange airplane is a Beech Model 17 Staggerwing."

What kind of nonsense is this? Staggerwing is a biplane while the aircraft from the video is clearly a monoplane, and it looks very much alike Piper Cub or one of its derivatives. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.178.141.151 (talk) 20:34, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Announcing the Song Line Up for Bill Shatner's Upcoming Album Searching for Major Tom". WilliamShatner.com.

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