[BITList] AVIATION WISDOM

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AVIATION WISDOM




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                         'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' 

                        - US. Air Force Manual - 


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                         The three most useless things in aviation are: 

                        Fuel in the bowser; 

                        Runway behind you; 

                        and Air above you. 

                        -Basic Flight Training Manual- 


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                         'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, 

                        I Shall Fear No Evil.  For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.' 

                        - Sign over SR71 Wing Ops- 


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                         'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'

                         -Paul F. Crickmore - SR71 test pilot- 


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                         'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' 

                        -Unknown Author- 


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                         'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage 

                        it has to be a helicopter – and therefore, unsafe.' 

                        - Fixed Wing Pilot- 


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                         'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, 

                        you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.' 

                        -Multi-Engine Training Manual- 


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                         'Without ammunition, the USAF is just an expensive flying club.' 

                        -Unknown Author- 


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                         'If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.' 

                        If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because you're the pilot.' 

                        -Pre-flight Briefing from a F 104 Pilot- 


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                         'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? 

                        If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; 

                        But If ATC screws up, .... the pilot dies.' 

                        -Sign over Control Tower Door- 


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                         'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'

                         -Basic Flight Training Manual- 


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                         'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation - we have never left one up there!' 

                        - Unknown Author - 


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                         'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.' 

                        - Emergency Checklist- 


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                         'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;  

                        it can just barely kill you.' 

                         Attributed to Max Stanley  Northrop test pilot - 


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                         'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' 

                        -Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ- 


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                         'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.' 

                        - Sign over Carrier Group Operations Desk- 


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                         'You know that your landing gear is up and locked 

                        when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.' 

                        - Lead-in Fighter Training Manual - 


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                          As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives. The rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks,'What happened?' The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'   

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                        Remember: There are more airplanes in the sea, then submarines in the air. 

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