'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' - US.Air Force Manual - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Tracers work both ways.' - Army Ordnance Manual- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Five second fuses last about three seconds.' - Infantry Journal - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - Naval Ops Manual - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Infantry Recruit- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.' - Infantry Journal- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.' - Sign over SR71 Wing Ops- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' -Unknown Author- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.' - Fixed Wing Pilot- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.' -Multi-Engine Training Manual- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.' -Unknown Author- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.' If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be the pilot.' -Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies.' -Sign over Control Tower Door- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Never trade luck for skill.' -Author Unknown- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are: 'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh sh*t!' -Authors Unknown- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Airspeed, altitude, and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.' -Basic Flight Training Manual- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.' - Emergency Checklist- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.' - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' - Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB , AZ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.' Lead-in Fighter Training Manual --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
