1. There is NOTHING that ever needs to be done in, around or with an aircraft in a hurry
2. If you do something and something goes wrong, undo the last thing you did
3. Don't ever let the aircraft take you anywhere that your brain didn't take you 5 minutes beforehand
4. There is no such thing as being lost. It's ENTIRELY in your head - if you knew where you were 5 minutes ago, how can you possibly be lost?
5. Trim is your friend
6. Beware of the sucker-hole
And something I learned totally unrelated to aviation: Never operate a chainsaw after taking a cold pill
