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> Subject: OLD PILOT SAYINGS
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> OLD PILOT SAYINGS
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>
> Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
>
> If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick
> back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick back,
> then they get bigger again.
>
> Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.
>
> The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
>
> A 'good' landing is one you can walk away fom. A 'great' landing is one
> after which they can use the plane again.
>
> The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of
> arriva l. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice
> versa.
>
> It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there
> wishing you were down here.
>
> The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep the pilot
> cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.
>
> When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the
> sky.
>
> Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of
> them yourself.
>
> You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to
> the ramp.
>
> Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five
> minutes earlier.
>
> Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be
> another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also
> report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds.
>
> Always try to keep the numb er of landings you make equal to the number of
> take offs you've made.
>
> There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no
> one knows what they are.
>
> 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.
>
> Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.
>
> If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round and round
> and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment,
> things are not at all as they should be.
>
> In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of
> miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet
> to lose.
>
> Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually
> comes from bad judgment.
>
> It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as
> possible.
>
> Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
>
> Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's not
> subject to repeal.
>
> The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway
> behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.
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>
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