FLYING
When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane,
you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
Blue Sea Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean
than there are submarines in the sky.
The three most common expressions (or famous last words)
in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh S---!"Airspeed, altitude, and brains: two of the three are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; t
three in a row is a lie.
Aviation truism: Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;
we never left one up there!
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter... and therefore, unsafe.
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
Just remember, if you crash because of weather,
your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II. When a prang (crash) seems
inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.
The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;
it can just barely kill you.
Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil
For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing
(sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operations, Kadena, Japan).
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.
(SR-71 test pilot)
What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.
Without ammunition the USAF would be just
another expensive flying club.
If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
Basic Flying Rules:
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. The edges of the air can be recognized by
the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
FLYING
When one engine fails on a twin engine airplane,
you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
Blue Sea Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean
than there are submarines in the sky.
The three most common expressions (or famous last words)
in aviation are:
"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh S---!"Airspeed, altitude, and brains: two of the three are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; t
three in a row is a lie.
Aviation truism: Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;
we never left one up there!
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter... and therefore, unsafe.
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
Just remember, if you crash because of weather,
your funeral will be held on a sunny day.
Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II. When a prang (crash) seems
inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slowly and gently as possible.
The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;
it can just barely kill you.
Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil
For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing
(sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operations, Kadena, Japan).
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.
(SR-71 test pilot)
What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.
Without ammunition the USAF would be just
another expensive flying club.
If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
Basic Flying Rules:
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. The edges of the air can be recognized by
the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.