From the newsletter of the Silent Electric Flyers of San Diego
Aviation Wisdom
1. Truly superior pilots are those
who use their superior judgment to avoid those
situations where they might have to use their
superior skills.
2. Rule One: No matter what else happens, fly the
airplane.
3. Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift
and gravity; an airplane flies because of money.
4. The propeller is just a big fan in the front of
the airplane to keep the pilot cool. Want proof?
Make it stop; then watch the pilot break out into a
sweat.
5. If you’re ever faced with a forced landing at
night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing
area. If you don’t like what you see, turn ’em back
off.
6. A check ride should be like a skirt, short enough
to be interesting but still long enough to cover
everything.
7. Speed is life; altitude is life insurance.
8. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your
brain didn’t get to five minutes earlier.
9. Don’t drop the aircraft in order to fly the
microphone.
10. If you push the stick forward, the houses get
bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get
smaller.
11. Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have
no place to go.
12. The only time you have too much fuel is when
you’re on fire.
13. Flying is the second greatest thrill known to
man; landing is the first!
14. You know you’ve landed with the wheels up when
it takes full power to taxi.
15. Those who hoot with the owls by night should not
fly with the eagles by day.
16. Young man, was that a landing or were we shot
down?
17. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won’t
live long enough to make all of them yourself.
18. Fighter pilots believe in clean living. They
never drink whiskey from a dirty glass.
19. Things which do you no good in aviation:
Altitude above you. Runway behind you. Fuel in the
trunk. A navigator. Half a second ago. The airspeed
you don’t have.
20. If God meant man to fly, He’d have given him
more money.
21. Flying is not dangerous;
crashing is dangerous.
22. Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who
wants to feel like a boy, but not for one who still
is. Q
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