Also.. The pilots Prayer .. God, please let me die like my Grandfather, peacefully and quietly, not screaming in horror like his passengers 1. Every takeoff is optional. The landing is mandatory. 2. U.S. Air Force method of Flight Instruction: If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you hold the stick back to long, then they get bigger again. If its getting bigger, its coming toward you, if its getting smaller, its going away. 3. Flying isnt dangerous. Crashing is whats dangerous. (OK, the inflight-meal might also be considered dangerous but you dont have to eat it.) 4. Its always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there, wishing you were down here. 5. The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when youre on fire. (Or when you have to buy it yourself) 6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot cool. You dont think so? Watch the pilot sweat if it stops! 7. When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky. 8. A good landing is one from which you can walk away. A great landing is one after which they can use the plane again. 9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You wont live long enough to make all of them yourself. 10. You know youve landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp. 11. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival, and vice versa. 12. Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didnt get to five minutes earlier. 13. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds. 14. Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of takeoffs youve made. 15. There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. 16. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck. 17. Helicopters cant fly; theyre just so ugly the earth repels them. 18. If all you can see out of the window is ground thats going round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be. 19. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose. 20. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment. 21. Its always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward, the shiney side up and the greasy side down, as much as possible. 22. Keep looking around. Theres always something youve missed. 23. Remember, gravity is not just a good idea, its the law. And its not subject to repeal. 24. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago. 25. There are old pilots and bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 11:26:07 +0000
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