More "old" aviation gems
Most have been around before, with a few new ones. Enjoy!
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> "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
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> "It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
> bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual
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> "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
> encountered automatic weapons." - General Macarthur
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> "You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S.
> Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
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> "Tracers work both ways" - U.S. Army Ordnance
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> "Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal
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> "Any ship can be a minesweeper, Once."
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> "Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown
> Marine Recruit
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> "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop
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> "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I
> am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71
> operating base Kadena, Japan
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> "You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F.
> Crickmore (test pilot)
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> "The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
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> "If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
> helicopter ... and therefore, unsafe."
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> "When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough
> power left to get you to the scene of the crash."
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> "Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying
> club."
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> ***"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
> If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up ... the pilot
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> "Never trade luck for skill."
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> The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
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> "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh ******!"
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> "Airspeed, altitude and brains.
> Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight."
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> "Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
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> "Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
> person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about
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> "The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely
> kill you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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> "There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime."
> - Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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> "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."
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> "You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full
> power to taxi to the terminal."
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> As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn
> off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives,
> the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks "What happened?".
> The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!"
> - Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)