Flying Wisdom

[Guest thrasher]

"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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"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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"Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot

 

pregnant."

 

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"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."

 

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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 it."

 

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"When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was

 

forgotten."

 

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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: "When a prang (crash) seems

 

inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the

 

vicinity as slow and gently as possible."

 

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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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"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."

 

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Basic Flying Rules: "Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go

 

near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the

 

appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is

 

much

 

more difficult to fly there."