Flight Observations

[blknight3]

"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."

Typical Navy truism: “There are more planes in the ocean than
submarines in the sky." - From an old submarine sailor

"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have
enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."

"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."

"Never trade luck for skill."

The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh Sh*t!"

"Progress in airline aviation: Now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant."

"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
complete the flight."

"A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is
prevarication."

"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."

"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"

"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person
on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."

"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world...it can just barely kill you."
- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)

"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."

"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."

Basic Flying Rules: "Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the
edges of it. 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."

"You know that your landing gear is up and locked ... when it takes full
power to taxi to the terminal."

As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the
wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives, the rescuer sees
a bloodied pilot and asks "What happened?".
The pilot's reply: "Hey!! I don't know, I just got here myself!"
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[fatheralice]

Those are great- Thanks for sharing

[herk]

thanx, they are very good.

[drastija]

very good
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for there you have been, there you long to return."
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[phil6580]

Some great quotes there.

[Uinat]

Magnifficent