Famous aviation sayings

[DAB]

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"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
- At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan
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"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3."
- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
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"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."

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"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky."
- >From an old carrier sailor
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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."

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

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"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club."

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"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."

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"Never trade luck for skill."

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

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"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers."

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"Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant."

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

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

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

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

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"Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries."

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

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"When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten."

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"Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day."

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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: "When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible."

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"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you."
- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum."
- Jon McBride, astronaut
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"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)
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"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."

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"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime."
- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."

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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."

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

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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: "I don't know, I just got here myself!"
- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot

[bigdr]

Whats that red button do...

[Charlesbusa]

In thrust we trust.

[Charlesbusa]

A landing is merely a controlled crash.

A good landing is one you can walk away from.

[flynjay]

Landing is the only mandatory manuver.

[yamahor]

[BusaSamurai]

Its not the falling that hurts .Its that sudden stop at the bottom....

[Gunnybusa]

Speed is life !

[adrenaline junkey]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (mw3961 @ Feb. 08 2006,12:21)]Its not the falling that hurts .Its that sudden stop at the bottom....

thought that was for the base jumpers

[cosmo]

There are three things that are useless to a pilot:
The runway behind him.
The airspace above him
The fuel he left on the ground.

[cosmo]

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. But, there are no old bold pilots.

[DaCol.]

Famous last words:
"That field over there looks better, I think I can make it"

[cosmo]

And my all time favorite:
Thats one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.

[DaCol.]

Your never lost, you always know where your not .

[MrGxr]

"Hey Chief, the radio doesn't work in the "official" mode."

for any crew dogs out there, this one will bring back some good memories.

[MC MUSTANG]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (MrGxr @ Feb. 08 2006,14:21)]"Hey Chief, the radio doesn't work in the "official" mode."

for any crew dogs out there, this one will bring back some good memories.

That reminds me of this one...
"Funny noise coming from nose gearbox. Sounds like a little man with a hammer"...

[vincent]

the "On Full Force" mode? There's always atleast one boot that gives us that one

[Lazerblade]

"No drinking within 25 feet of the aircraft and no smoking within 24 hours before a flight"

Here is a picture of two of my helo's dancing.

[stkr00]

Originally Posted by [b

Quote[/b] (newmill @ Feb. 08 2006,13:43)]There are three things that are useless to a pilot:
The runway behind him.
The airspace above him
The fuel he left on the ground.

+1 My flight instructor told me the same thing when learning to do takeoffs.

Another one: Takeoffs are optional...Landings are mandatory

[FastBusa]