DarthRider
01-19-2011, 11:26 AM
...most of which are directly transferable to what we do.
Don't ever let an airplane take you someplace where your brain hasn't arrived at least a couple of minutes earlier.
Anon.
My first shock came when I touched the rudder. The thing tried to bite its own tail. The next surprise I got was when I landed; she stalled at a hundred and ten miles an hour.
Jimmy Haizlip, commenting on his only flight in the Gee Bee.
The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.
attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.
Bob Hoover
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.
Paul F. Crickmore, 'Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed,' 1993.
I could be president of Sikorsky for six months before they found me out, but the president would only have my job for six seconds before he'd kill himself.
Walter R. 'Dick' Faull, test pilot.
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.
Stephen Coonts
There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.
Chuck Yeager
Do not spin this aircraft. If the aircraft does enter a spin it will return to earth without further attention on the part of the aeronaut.
First handbook issued with the Curtis-Wright flyer
An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a
good one.
Len Morgan
Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
Amelia Earhart, '20 Hrs 40 Mins,' 1928.
Airplanes are near perfect, all they lack is the ability to forgive.
Richard Collins
Flying is so many parts skill, so many parts planning, so many parts maintenance, and so many parts luck. The trick is to reduce the luck by increasing the others.
David L. Baker
A 10 cent fuse will protect itself by destroying the $2,000 radio to which it is attached.
Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca.'
It's better to miss the lead story at 6 . . . than to become the lead story at 11.
Bruce Erion, President of the National Broadcast Pilots Assn., 1999
The explosion of the 'Challenger,' after twenty-four consecutive successful shuttle flights, grounded all manned space missions by the U.S. for more than two years. The delay barely evoked comment ... But contrast the early history of aviation, when 31 of the first 40 pilots hired by the Post Office died in crashes within six years, with no suspension of service.
C. Owen Paepke
A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.
Stephen Coonts
Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills.
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.
If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller.
To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder
Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man.... Landing is the first!
The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies. If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.
Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.
Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission
Flying is not Nintendo. You don't push a button and start over.
Remember the six P's: Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
You can always depend on twin engine aircraft. When the first engine quits the second will surely fly you to the scene of an accident.
The real value of twin engine aircraft is it will double your chances of engine failure.
You can only tie the record for flying low
Flying at night is the same as flying in the day, except you can't see.
When you're sitting in the rubber raft looking up where your airplane used to be, it's too late to check the flight plan
Some pilots will make an emergency out of a bad magneto check. Others, upon losing a wing, will ask for a lower altitude.
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 at the edges.
How about Check list, Check list, Check list...........?
Accidents are caused by runing out of altitude, air speed and Ideas ......... simultaneously.
Don't ever let an airplane take you someplace where your brain hasn't arrived at least a couple of minutes earlier.
Anon.
My first shock came when I touched the rudder. The thing tried to bite its own tail. The next surprise I got was when I landed; she stalled at a hundred and ten miles an hour.
Jimmy Haizlip, commenting on his only flight in the Gee Bee.
The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.
attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.
Bob Hoover
You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.
Paul F. Crickmore, 'Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed,' 1993.
I could be president of Sikorsky for six months before they found me out, but the president would only have my job for six seconds before he'd kill himself.
Walter R. 'Dick' Faull, test pilot.
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.
Stephen Coonts
There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.
Chuck Yeager
Do not spin this aircraft. If the aircraft does enter a spin it will return to earth without further attention on the part of the aeronaut.
First handbook issued with the Curtis-Wright flyer
An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a
good one.
Len Morgan
Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
Amelia Earhart, '20 Hrs 40 Mins,' 1928.
Airplanes are near perfect, all they lack is the ability to forgive.
Richard Collins
Flying is so many parts skill, so many parts planning, so many parts maintenance, and so many parts luck. The trick is to reduce the luck by increasing the others.
David L. Baker
A 10 cent fuse will protect itself by destroying the $2,000 radio to which it is attached.
Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca.'
It's better to miss the lead story at 6 . . . than to become the lead story at 11.
Bruce Erion, President of the National Broadcast Pilots Assn., 1999
The explosion of the 'Challenger,' after twenty-four consecutive successful shuttle flights, grounded all manned space missions by the U.S. for more than two years. The delay barely evoked comment ... But contrast the early history of aviation, when 31 of the first 40 pilots hired by the Post Office died in crashes within six years, with no suspension of service.
C. Owen Paepke
A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.
Stephen Coonts
Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills.
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.
If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller.
To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder
Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man.... Landing is the first!
The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies. If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.
Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.
Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission
Flying is not Nintendo. You don't push a button and start over.
Remember the six P's: Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
You can always depend on twin engine aircraft. When the first engine quits the second will surely fly you to the scene of an accident.
The real value of twin engine aircraft is it will double your chances of engine failure.
You can only tie the record for flying low
Flying at night is the same as flying in the day, except you can't see.
When you're sitting in the rubber raft looking up where your airplane used to be, it's too late to check the flight plan
Some pilots will make an emergency out of a bad magneto check. Others, upon losing a wing, will ask for a lower altitude.
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 at the edges.
How about Check list, Check list, Check list...........?
Accidents are caused by runing out of altitude, air speed and Ideas ......... simultaneously.