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Cleared for Take-Off! The Tupolev 22-M "Backfire" has entered the runway, all the checklists are completed, and this beat starts playing on the background as the airplane goes full throttle through the runway… The “March of Aviators” (also known as "Aviamarch") as accompanied Soviet and Russian pilots since the last century and it is not rare at all to hear it in military parades such as the Victory Day parade as Russian fighters cross the sky. This song also has an interesting story behind, which is related even with Nazi Germany, North Macedonia, and the German Democratic Republic. The melody of this song was composed by Yuli Khait in 1920 and the lyrics were written by Pavel German. It is not clear if German wrote the lyrics at the same time, or he wrote the lyrics after and fitting them with the melody. This is due to the fact that the song was published in 1923, but the composer stated that he composed the song in 1920. During this time, it was known as the “...

El Himno Nacional de Chile en otros idiomas... The national anthem of Chile suffered several changes during the XIX century which go from its lyrics to the melody used to sing the anthem. It is a symbol of union among Chileans and it is sung passionately on big occasions. Proof of that are the many videos that you can find on the internet, especially football related videos. This has attracted the attention of international media and articles have been written about it. Although the official version is in Spanish, there are certain versions of the lyrics in other languages. Let’s take a look at them! The current national anthem uses the lyrics written by Eusebio Lillo in 1847 (which also uses the chorus of a previous anthem created by Bernardo de Vera y Pintado in 1819) and the music of Ramón Carnicer i Battle, composed in 1828. The anthem has six stanzas, but only the V stanza and the chorus are sung. However, during the Military Dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), the III...