A whole bunch from an e-mail that was doing the rounds. A bit fixed wingy though. . .
Subject: Verily, It Is Written...in Aviation
Flying isn't dangerous, crashing's what's dangerous.
It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up
there wishing you were down here.
The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the
pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually see the pilot start sweating.
The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of
arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and
vice versa.
You start 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.
Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience
usually comes from bad judgment.
The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you,
runway behind you and a tenth of a second ago
There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are, however, no
old bold pilots.