Wise words...allegedly

[Alan Stubbs]

'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 Corps 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, keep up with 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.'

 

 

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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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'Even with ammunition, the USAF is 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 dies.'

 

 

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'Never trade luck for skill.'

 

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The three most common expressions

 

(or famous last words), in aviation are:

 

 

'Why is it doing that?'

 

 

'Where are we?'

 

 

And

 

 

'Oh S...!'

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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've 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 it.'

 

 

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'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;

 

it can just barely kill you.' - 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)

[merlino bill]

OI OI,

Excellent, i like the last one.