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The Great Airplane Strike. Paul Revere & The Raiders;Mark Lindsay. From the Album The Spirit of '67 January 1, Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with .

Paul Revere And The Raiders* ‎– The Great Airplane Strike Label: CBS ‎– Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM Country: Italy Released: Genre: Rock. Style: Pop Rock, Garage Rock, Beat. Tracklist Hide Credits. A: The Great Airplane Strike.

Paul Revere & The Raiders Lyrics "The Great Airplane Strike" I was down in L.A. town, when our manager said, "Jump" I threw my clothes and my saxophone in a two by four bit trunk.

The song recounts a strike that grounded the planes of five of the major airlines (only one is left from that group) - United, TWA, National, Northwest, and Eastern - for six weeks in summer , and the efforts of the group to get to their next gig. There is a line in the song: The janitor came runnin' in So scared his face was white.

In the summer of , IAM members rejected this compromise and walked off the job in the largest strike in airline history. For 43 days during the peak summer travel season, 60 percent of the U.S. commercial airline industry was literally inoperative as 35, workers stayed out on strike.

Jul 08,  · On this date in , International Association of Machinists (IAM) members across the country employed by five airlines went on strike. For 43 days during the peak of the summer travel season,

The Spirit of '67 is the sixth studio album by American pop rock group Paul Revere & the Raiders. Produced by Terry Melcher and released in November by Columbia Records, and featured the singles "Hungry," "The Great Airplane Strike," and "Good Thing." The album would be reissued on LP by Harmony in , by Sundazed on CD in and in by Friday Music on g clear red vinyl. .