I. M. Esperto
20th Dec 2001, 23:47
Subject: Flying stuff
A thunderstorm is nature's way of saying, "I win!"
Never trade luck for skill.
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?",
"Where are we?" and "**** !"
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.
A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is
prevarication.
I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.
Will Rogers never met a fighter pilot.
We have a perfect record in aviation: we never left one up there!
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
helicopter - and unsafe.
Federal Aviation Regulations are written by lawyers to promote
violations and lawsuits.
Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the
purpose of storing dead batteries.
Navy carrier pilots to Air Force pilots: Flaring is like squatting to
pee.
Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
person on the ground incapable of understanding it.
A good landing is one you can walk away from; a great landing is one
from which the airplane will probably fly again.
An accident investigation attempts to place blame on the hapless for
brief lapses.
To err is human; to forgive divine - neither of which is FAA policy.
A thunderstorm is nature's way of saying, "I win!"
Never trade luck for skill.
The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?",
"Where are we?" and "**** !"
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.
A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is
prevarication.
I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.
Will Rogers never met a fighter pilot.
We have a perfect record in aviation: we never left one up there!
If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
helicopter - and unsafe.
Federal Aviation Regulations are written by lawyers to promote
violations and lawsuits.
Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the
purpose of storing dead batteries.
Navy carrier pilots to Air Force pilots: Flaring is like squatting to
pee.
Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
person on the ground incapable of understanding it.
A good landing is one you can walk away from; a great landing is one
from which the airplane will probably fly again.
An accident investigation attempts to place blame on the hapless for
brief lapses.
To err is human; to forgive divine - neither of which is FAA policy.