Aviation Wisdom

[PhillyKev 0]

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

Blue sea Navy truism; There are more planes in the ocean than there are
submarines in the sky.

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 "Ooh Shit!"

Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.

Progress in airline flying; Now a flight attendant can get a pilot
pregnant.

Airspeed, altitude, or brains -- two are always needed to successfully
complete the flight.

If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
helicopter --and therefore, unsafe.

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

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.

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

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

If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the
bastard
down.
(Ernest K. Gann, author & aviator)

Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I am
at
80,000 Feet and Climbing
(sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena,
Okinawa).

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

Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.

There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime (sign
over
squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970).

The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a
good
bowel movement. The night carrier landing is one of the few
opportunities
in life where you get to experience all three at the same time.
(Author unknown, but someone who's been there)

"Now I know what a dog feels like watching TV."
(A DC-9 captain trainee attempting to check out on the 'glass cockpit'
of
an A-320).

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

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

Basic Flying Rules
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. 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.

[freeflir29 0]

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Blue sea Navy truism; There are more planes in the ocean than there are
submarines in the sky.

That one I hadn't heard before....

[jtval 0]

ok there are a few of those that will stick wioth me forever everytime I talk to military or skydivers. funny stuff thanks!

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[pilotdave 0]

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If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter --and therefore, unsafe.

It's not the one going faster than the fuselage that scares me, it's the one going slower! Helicopters encounter tip stall when they're going too FAST, not too slow. That's messed up!
Actually they are less safe than planes, but that's mostly because of how they're used. Unless they have a catastrophic failure, a helicopter is probably safer than a plane during an engine failure, at least in most phases of flight.

Dave

[AggieDave 6]

Dave, Dave, Dave...

You're killing it man, the party of jokes just died...

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[smooth 0]

Thanks Kevin!

Here's one for you. . .

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

— G. K. Chesteron, 'Orthodoxy,' 1908.

"Great Aviation Quotes" at http://www.skygod.com/quotes/

[freeflir29 0]

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at least in most phases of flight.

I watched an AH-64 crash once in Louisiana. He had contaminated fuel which caused BOTH engines to flame out at about 75 Ft off the ground (During take off). Bad Juju in a helicopter. He still had the rotor all loaded up. Spun pretty violently into the ground. Both the pilots had compressed spines....but were otherwise unhurt. If you want to fly something safe....get a Gyro plane.

[pilotdave 0]

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Dave, Dave, Dave...

You're killing it man, the party of jokes just died...

Didja see http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?do=post_attachment;postatt_id=247;? Now LAUGH damnit! Sorry, at work and REALLY bored.
Dave