Best Sayings !!!
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You know the part in 'High Flight where it talks about putting out your hand to touch the face of God? Well, when we're at speed and altitude in the SR, we have to slow down and descend in order to do that.
USAF Lt. Col. Gil Bertelson, SR-71 pilot, in 'SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales and Legends,' 2002.
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"Don't assume, check."
"Any landing you walk away from is a good one."
"Definition of experience: An ever increasing time period between mistakes."
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you'll not live long enough to make them all yourself."
"If you're sat there with nothing to do, it means you've forgotten to do something or something is about to happen."
"Death is a once in a lifetime experience"
"Any landing you walk away from is a good one."
"Definition of experience: An ever increasing time period between mistakes."
"Learn from the mistakes of others, because you'll not live long enough to make them all yourself."
"If you're sat there with nothing to do, it means you've forgotten to do something or something is about to happen."
"Death is a once in a lifetime experience"
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Heard this one on the r/t a few years back, can't remember the callsign of the a/c
ATC - "XXX say altitude"
Smart-assed plank pilot - "Altitude"
ATC, without even pausing for breath - "XXX, say Doneb, hold"
Only one winner there i'm afraid
ATC - "XXX say altitude"
Smart-assed plank pilot - "Altitude"
ATC, without even pausing for breath - "XXX, say Doneb, hold"
Only one winner there i'm afraid
First I've heard that about hovering ... but I'll use that when it's needed. I like it.
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Quote from the recent Finke Desert Race winner of the bike section.
He won as a rookie, only a couple of people have done this.
Previously he was a moto-cross rider, ended up in hospital for 12 months and thought, off road racing has got to be easier. He is young and superbly fit, runs a few miles before and after a long race.
His quote in the winners podium?
"Keep your eye on the line,
and take your time.
He won by several minutes, hate to see how quick he would have been if he had been stepping on it.
perhaps it's a good quote for our folk?
He won as a rookie, only a couple of people have done this.
Previously he was a moto-cross rider, ended up in hospital for 12 months and thought, off road racing has got to be easier. He is young and superbly fit, runs a few miles before and after a long race.
His quote in the winners podium?
"Keep your eye on the line,
and take your time.
He won by several minutes, hate to see how quick he would have been if he had been stepping on it.
perhaps it's a good quote for our folk?
The 10 Ps are even better...
There's also the formation pilot's mantra - MMSOBGYTAST (mustard, mud, **** or blood, grit your teeth and stay there)
but, to contradict the above, when in doubt, bug out!
There's also the formation pilot's mantra - MMSOBGYTAST (mustard, mud, **** or blood, grit your teeth and stay there)
but, to contradict the above, when in doubt, bug out!