The Laws of Aviation - Part II
To part I The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire
Never trade luck for skill
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers
Progress in airline flying: Now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant
Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight
I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous
Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries
Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten
The Altitude above you, the runway behind you, and the fuel not in the plane are totally worthless!!! (Sonny Kellum, Flight Instructor)
A pilot's job is very simple....
there are 3 lights on an aircraft, red on left wing tip, green on right wing tip, white on the tail..... Your job, as a pilot is to keep the plane between these 3 lights!!!! (Sonny Kellum, Flight Instructor)
A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. (Jon McBride, astronaut)
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you
There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime
The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity,... and I don't know which is more abundant