FLYING
-Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.
-If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.
-If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the
stick back they get smaller. (Unless you keep pulling the stick back, then
they get bigger again)
-Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
-It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there
wishing you were down here.
-The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the plane to keep the
pilot cool. Want proof? Make it stop; then watch the pilot break out into
a sweat.
-Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.No one has ever collided with
the sky.
-It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
-The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
-Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man....Landing is the first!
-Everyone knows a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But
a 'great landing is one after which you can use the airplane again.
-The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
-Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands. Never
let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes
earlier.
-You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
-Those who hoot with the owls by night, should not fly with the eagles by day.
-A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and
reciprocating parts going up and down - all of them trying to become
random in motion. Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that
the earth immediately repels them.
-"Young man, was that a landing or were we shot down?"
-Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all
of them yourself.
-Trust your captain .... but keep your seat belt securely fastened.
-Any pilot who relies on a terminal forecast can be sold the Brooklyn
Bridge. If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.
-Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad
judgment.
-Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.
-There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing; Unfortunately,
no one knows what they are.
-The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a
copilot who once was a captain.
-Be nice to your first officer, he may be your captain at your next airline.
-Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
-A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the
outside. It's worse.
-It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You start with a large
fortune.
-A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying,
and about flying when he's with a woman.
-A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.
-Remember, you're always a student in an airplane.
-Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
-Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your
takeoffs.
-You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
-There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old,
bold, pilots!
-Things which do you no good in aviation: Altitude above you. Runway
behind you. Fuel in the truck. Half a second ago. Approach plates in the
car. The airspeed you don't have.
-Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy,
but not for one who still is.
-Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a fire hydrant
what it thinks about dogs.
-Being an airline pilot would be great if you didn't have to go on all
those trips.
-Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw! |
