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Something Rhymes with Purple

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Flying on a Wing and a Prayer

Leading edge was first found in the nautical world, where it referred to the forward edge of a ship's propeller blade. It crossed over into aeronautics where it was the foremost edge of an aerofoil and popularized by aeronautical slang. The colours that are flying on my or flag, on your flagclly nothing to do with actually flying. And what about on a wing and a prayer? On a wing in a prayer? So this one actually, we use if you say you're flying on a Wing and Ayer. That goes back to a popular war time song called coming in on awing and a prayer. Though there's one motor gone

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