Thursday 27 March 2014

Aviation Quotes.................

1. When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten. - Robert Livingston, "Flying The Aeronca"
 
2. Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day. - Layton A. Bennett
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Never fly the 'A' model of anything. - Ed Thompson
 
4. When a prang seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity, as slowly and gently as possible. - Advice given to RAF pilots during W.W.II.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. - Attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
 
6. A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum. - Jon McBride, astronaut
 
 
 
 
7. If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. - Bob Hoover
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8. If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it; Ride the bastard down. - Ernest K. Gann, advice from the 'old pelican'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I Am 80,000 Feet and Climbing. - Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location on Kadena
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. - Paul F. Crickmore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you. - Richard Herman, Jr., 'Firebreak'
 
12. There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. - Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970. (It was still there in 1972.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

                  
13.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 to experience all three at the same time. - Author Unknown
 
H/T Shelly

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