AVIATION 101
Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.
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 a possible.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
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.
Those who hoot with the owls by night should not fly with the eagles by day.
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.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t live long enough to make all of them yourself.
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes
from bad judgment.
There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing:
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
Be nice to your first officer, he may be your captain at your next airline.
It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You start with a large fortune.
A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.
Remember, you’re always a student in an airplane.
Keep looking around, there’s always sosmething you’ve missed.
Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots!
Gravity never loses. The best you can hope for is a draw.
There are three things a pilot hates to see:
1. Runway behind
2. Sky above
3. Fuel in the truck