THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AVIATION

[skeptic36]

1. Thou shalt abstain from the intersection takeoff for,

 

verily, the runway behind thee, as the altitude above thee,

 

cometh not to thine aid when thou needest them.

 

2. Thou shalt not linger on active runways

 

lest thou become like unto ground sirloin.

 

3. Ignorest thou not thy checklists for many

 

are the switches, handles, gauges and other demons

 

awaiting to take cruel vengeance upon thee.

 

4. Thou shalt cast thine eyes to thy right and also to thy left

 

as thou passeth through the firmament

 

lest thy fellow pilots bring flowers to thy widow

 

and comfort her in other ways.

 

5. Buzzeth not, for this shall surely incur the wrath

 

of thy neighbors and the fury of CASA

 

shall be called down upon thy head.

 

6. Thou shalt be ever mindful of thy fuel lest there be nothing

 

in thy tank to sustain thee upon the air and thy days be made short.

 

7. Trust not thine eyes to lead thee through the cloud

 

lest the Archangel Gabriel await thee therein.

 

8. Thou shalt not trespass into the thunderstorm

 

lest the tempest rend the wings from thy chariot

 

and cast thee naked into the firmament.

 

9. Put not thy trust in weather prophets,

 

for when the truth is not in, then they shall not

 

accompany thee among thy ancestors.

 

10. Often shalt thou confirm thine airspeed on final

 

lest the earth rise up and smite thee.

 

 

[Deskpilot]

Verily I say, when thou doest prefer to be as another of mine creations, then these ten commandment shall take pressedense over my other ten commandments.

 

Aman......eh ......Amen

 

 

[Guest rocketdriver]

There is another commandment ..... or perhaps a variation on #10 above ....

 

"Lose not thine airspeed lest the ground rise up and smite thee"

 

cheers

 

RD

 

 

[Deskpilot]

There is another commandment ..... or perhaps a variation on #10 above ...."Lose not thine airspeed lest the ground rise up and smite thee"

cheers

 

RD

Refer back to #10

 

 

[Guest rocketdriver]

Hi doug .... Ionce had a tee shirt with "loose not thine airspeed ...... " on it! Long after it was past its use by date, I was forced to part with it!

 

cheers!

 

RD