Phamous Phrases
These have probably been seen before and if I am being repeditive I apologise. Still they are quite funny.
> AIRCRAFT SAYINGS
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> 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 old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan).
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> You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.
> (Paul F. Crickmore -test pilot)
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> The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
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> -- Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than
> submarines in the sky.
> (From an old carrier sailor)
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> If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
> helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe
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> When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough
> power left to get you to the scene of the crash.
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> Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.
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> What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
> If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .....the pilot
> dies.
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> Never trade luck for skill.
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> The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
> "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh ****!"
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> Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
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> Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot
> pregnant.
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> Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
> complete the flight.
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> A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a
> row is prevarication.
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> I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.
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> Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!
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> Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the
> purpose of storing dead batteries
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> Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
> person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything
> about it.
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> When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
> Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be
> held on a sunny day.
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> Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII:
> When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavour to strike the
> softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible.
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> The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; .....it can just
> barely kill you.
> (Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot)
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> A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to
> its maximum.
> (Jon McBride, astronaut)
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> If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the
> crash as possible.
> (Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
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> If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; ride the
> bastard down.
> (Ernest K. Gann, author & aviator)
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> Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.
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> There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.
> (Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970).
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> 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 surely someone who's been there)
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> If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
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> Basic Flying Rules:
> Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it.
> 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.
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> You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full
> power to taxi to the terminal.