Whirlybird

We all know that the good landing is one you walk away from, that you'd better fill your bag of experience before your bag of luck runs out, that if in doubt you should keep your altitude because no-one has ever collided with the sky, etc etc. But does anyone have any new aviation sayings? Let's all think of some. I'll start with one I use quite often...

EVERYTHING IN AVIATION TAKES TWICE AS LONG AND COSTS THREE TIMES AS MUCH AS YOU EVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED POSSIBLE.

Any more? I always need fillers for the BWPA newsletter - I'm the editor - so I might use some of these if I like them...you have been warned.

runway09

Ok here is a few...

''It's better to have a 100kt plane and a 130kt brain rather than a 100kt brain and a 130kt plane''

"It is better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air, then be in the air wishing you are on the ground"

''Takeoffs are optional...Landings are Mandatory''

mike172

Man, they're all so cheesy! Reminds me of "There is no I in team" - makes me cringe every time.

Hireandhire

"don't pick your nose in turbulence"

"no, it WAS a genuine weather diversion. Really"

"do you give discounted landing fees for PFA members?"

"There WERE 12 bogrolls in the Ladies but they were stolen by campers" (true quote from Caernarvon)

Irregular verbs in our Group:
My landings are perfect
Your landings are a bit bumpy
His landings are controlled groundloops

"it's always been a 90kt aircraft but it's got the wrong prop on at the moment" (this for three years)

"it's the pilot who is Instrument Rated, not the aircraft....."

"I've got a free landing fee for there - that's where we'll go!"

regards
HnH

dublinpilot

It's better to have loved and lost, than to have paid for it with money that you could have spent on flying!

maxdrypower

The only time you have too much fuel is when your on fire

RudeNot2

He who ate the last bacon butty won't make it out of the field!

eharding

There Was An Old Man From Belgrano
Who deemed Mode-S worth a punt.
But he's now despondent
Cos no-one's transpondent
What a Silly Old Belgrano.....

..and damn me, can't think of a suitable rhyme.

Mike Cross

The aircraft cannot fly unless the weight of paperwork exceeds its MAUW.

Human Factor

No, but if you screw around with it enough, there's a "ME".

FougaMagister

"Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain did not get to five minutes earlier".

"Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself".

And this one, from Marcel Dassault: "If an airplane looks right, it will fly well"

windriver

The three most useless things in aviation

1. Fuel in the bowser
2. Runway behind you
3. A letter of thanks from the management

VFE

You've never truly been lost until you've been lost at mach 2.

VFE.

rats404

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 to experience all three at the same time. - Unknown

The only way to make a small fortune in aviation is to start with a large one...

Chilli Monster

Show me a pilot operating with no spare mental capacity and I'll show you a PPL(H)

(Sorry, it just seems that way)

Without a doubt my all time favourite - though I prefer ten minutes

Whirlybird

Hireandhire, dublinpilot, Rudenot2, Mike Cross, windriver, VFE, Chilli Monster,

But hey guys, some of these others are OLD!!!! OK, maybe I've just been in aviation too long. If you like them or they're new to you, fair enough.

But keep 'em coming anyway.

Them thar hills

"Never fly anything that hasn't had the paint worn off the rudder pedals."
(this can't apply to Flying Fleas !)

Fuji Abound

On why we should fly:

Your decision, fly with the eagles, or scratch with the chickens.



Why we shouldnt fly helicopters:

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.



What every instructor should tell his student the day he qualifies:

Please remember, you now start out with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.



.. .. .. and finally, why not to rent:


Renting airplanes is like renting sex: It's difficult to arrange on short notice on Saturday, the fun things always cost more, and someone's always looking at their watch.

Pitts2112

Definition of a helicopter (told to me by a CAA guy):

A helicopter is a loose collection of 10,000 metal parts all fatigueing themselves at different rates around an oil leak.

Pitts2112

kevmusic

How d'you expect those things fly properly when the wings go backwards half the time?!