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)

Great post!

really great stuff

"Any ship can be a minesweeper, Once."

Haven't seen that one before, love the list though

You begin your aviation career with two bags: one full and the other empty. The first bag is full of luck; the second bag is an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

Michael

I thought the first bag would've been money!!!

Hehe, yeah. 'You begin your career with Mesa with two bags. One contains your money, and the other contains your soul. By the time you leave Mesa, both are empty.'

-Ben

A long time ago I was training some of the younger troops on a maintenance task (a MLG tire change, I think) once and I said this after they were supposedly done after I inspected their work:

"..funny, we didn't start out with extra parts."

HerkFCC

T-shirt the AF Gunship crews had printed up before going to Panama;
"You can run,
but you just die tired!"

F-111 T Shirt a few years back

Good morning Mr. Kadafi, this is your wake up call.