- There are more planes in the ocean than there are submarines in the sky.
- When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
- Without ammunition the Air Force would be just another expensive flying club.
- Weather forecasts are like horoscopes but less reliable.
- Airspeed, altitude or brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
- Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we’ve never left one up there!
- Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding it or doing anything about it.
- If something hasn’t broken on a helicopter, it’s about to.
- When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
- Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.
- There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.
- The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.
Every Pilot Knows…
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