In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum and Plexiglass going dozens of miles per hour, and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose. Same holds for trees, water, buildings and larger animals. Draws don't count.

For the instructors
 

"those who can, do; those who cannot, teach." :ok:

THY ROTOR RPM IS THY STAFF OF LIFE....

This was one of 10 "commandments" posted on a board RAAF 5 Squadron UH-1B Training Flight , (Fairbairn) Canberra.

I have never forgotten it and it has served me well

Wish I could remember the other 9

The Ten Commandments of Helicopter Flying
 

I. He who inspecteth not his aircraft gives his angels cause to concern him

II. Thou shalt not become airborne without first ascertaining the level of thy propellant

III. Let infinite discretion govern thy movement near the ground for thy area of destruction is vast

IV. Thy rotor RPM is thy staff of life, without it thou shall surely perish

V. Thou shalt maintain thy speed between ten and four hundred feet lest the earth rise and smite thee

VI. Thou shalt not make trial of thy center of gravity lest thou dash thy foot against a stone

VII. Thou shalt not let thy confidence exceed thy ability for broad is the way to destruction

VIII. He that doeth his approach and alloweth the wind to turn behind him shall surely make restitution

IX. He who allows his tail rotor to catch in the thorns, curseth his children and his children's children

X. Observe thou this parable lest on the morrow thy friends mourn thee

"...those who can't teach, administrate; those who can't administrate, post on Internet newsgroups."

TEN (other) COMMANDMENTS FOR HELICOPTER PILOTS

1. Keep always thine RPMs, for without them the gates of heaven shall close to thee, and thou shalt pass directly to Brick City.

2. Guard thy tail rotor as thy loins; it is a sacred thing and its loss maketh the earth spin, and rise up and smite thee.

3. Pickest thou up and sittest thou down with great care lest thy machine roll in the mud like the swine and makest thou an impoverished pedestrian.

4. Loadeth not thy machine unevenly or excessively, lest thou wander and stumble like the braying ass.

5. Run not thy fuel nor oil dry, for surely it is easier for the camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a fool to autorotate in the wilderness.

6. Linger not in the curve of the deadman, for it tempteth fate, and shall bringeth thee back pain.

7. Swoop not low without good reason, for many are the snares of Edison and Bell; their wires yieldeth not, and makest thee a yo-yo.

8. Loseth not sight of the earth if thou are not a master of the black art of “hard IFR,” else thy machine shall seek the earth without thy council, and thy friends shall mourn the passing of a fool.

9. Loseth not thy G’s for the sake of pushover or other folly, lest thy blades smite thee, and journey on without thee.

10. Descendeth not without airspeed, for the air beneath thee is wrathful, and wouldst conspire with the granite to swallow thee up, far from the seeing eye of SAR.

Flingwing207
 

Oh No....

Those that can....Do

Those that can't do....Teach

Those that can't teach....Administrate

Those that can't administrate..... Audit

And those that can't Audit,....... Moderator comes to mind!!!!

From Winston Churchill:
"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."
From Raoul Julia:
"The First Rule of Italian Driving: what is behind me is not important."
From me:
"The only thing cooler than a helicopter is a cooler helicopter."
and
"If we knew what it was going to do, it wouldn't be Experimental."

I'm amazed 'best sayings' has run 5 pages without some rude chap pointing out that:

Of all the whining things on an aircraft, it's only crew who continue after shutdown...;)

This thread is too cool...

Helicopters...Gods swingset.

Hovering... ...is for people who love to fly but have no place to go!

"Better to ask a stupid question on the ground than one in the air"

"The fire light is on, Frank! We're all gonna die! We're all gonna die!!!..... Oh, sorry...my mistake. That's the PA system light..."

The Far Side

Last week I couldnt spell pilut............ now I are wun.

The thing is, helicopters are different from aeroplanes
 

An aeroplane by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by deliberately incompetent pilots, it will fly.

A Helicopter does not want to fly:
Its is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance, the helicopter stops flying, immediately and disastrously.

There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter, this is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an aeroplane pilot, and why in general, aeroplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooders, introspective anticipators of trouble.

They know if something hasn't gone wrong it's about to!

Not a saying but . . . .
 

"It is not necessarily impossible for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God didn't give them the knowledge of how to do it.

It follows therefore, that anyone who claims he can fly must have sought the aid of the devil.

To attempt to fly is therefore sinful."

Roger Bacon
13th-century philosopher

While standing on the ramp in Cold Bay Alaska comtemplating a 175nm trip out to the rig in some really really low cielings, next to nothing vis, and high winds, I asked Joe Moyes what he thought of the weather...He looked around and said,

"Takeoffs are optional, landings are mandatory!"

Ten ways in which helicopters are better than women
 

1…Helicopters come with manuals
2…Helicopters don’t mind if you fly other helicopters
3…Helicopters don’t object to tie-downs
4…Helicopters don’t mind you reading helicopter magazines
5…Helicopters stop whining in less than three hours
6…You can ask your mates intimate questions about their helicopter
7…Helicopters can be overhauled
8…You can keep more than one helicopter legally
9…Helicopters come with a guarantee
10..Your helicopter doesn’t feel threatened when other helicopters hover close to you

Sorry Whirly...please don't be offended. I'm a nice guy really. Just ask Mrs Dantruck:uhoh:

'Tis better to break ground while heading into the wind than to break wind while heading into the ground

A whole bunch from an e-mail that was doing the rounds. A bit fixed wingy though. . .:rolleyes:

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.

How about ..........

"You can't make strawberry jam outa goat ****, try as hard as you like ...but it isn't going taste right!"

As normally applied to helicopter operators who try to do a task with the WRONG type of helicpter ....

;) :rolleyes: :ok: