AVIATION 101
Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.
Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
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!
Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which
you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.'
It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.
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.
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.
If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.
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.
Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
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.
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 fireplug what it
thinks about dogs.
Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw!
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