SAGE ADVICE ABOUT AVIATION
Truly superior pilots are those who use their superior judgment to avoid those situations where they might have to use their superior skills.
Rule one: No matter what else happens, fly the airplane. Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity; an airplane flies because of money.
It's far better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here.
An airplane will probably fly a little bit over gross, but it sure won't fly without fuel.
Think ahead of your airplane; Its better to be lucky than good.
The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the plane to keep the pilot cool. Want proof? Make it stop; then watch the pilot break out into a sweat.
If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
A check ride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but still be long enough to cover everything.
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one has ever collided with the sky.
Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands. Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't arrive five minutes earlier.
Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone. An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller. Unless you keep pulling the stick back -then they get bigger again
Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man....Landing is the first!
Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.
The
probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large
angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.
You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.
Those who hoot with the owls by night, should not fly with the eagles by day.
A smooth touchdown in a simulator is about as exciting as kissing your sister.
A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and reciprocating parts going up and down - all of them trying to become random in motion. Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them!
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
Things which do you no good in aviation: Altitude above you. Runway behind you.
Fuel in the truck Half a second ago. Approach plates in the car. The airspeed you don't have.
If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.
The difference between God and pilots is that God doesn't think he's a pilot.
Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy, but not for one who still is.
There are four ways to fly: the right way, the wrong way, the company way and the captain's way. Only one counts.
A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a cadaver.
Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a fireplug what it thinks about dogs.
Trust your captain .... but keep your seat belt securely fastened.
An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.
Takeoff's are optional.-- Landings are mandatory.
Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your Takeoffs
It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
Any pilot who relies on a terminal forecast can be sold the Brooklyn Bridge. If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.
There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing: Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
Be nice to your first officer, he may be your captain at your next airline.
Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside. It's worse.
It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You start with a large fortune.
A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.
Remember, you're always a student in an airplane.
Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old, bold, pilots!
Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw
Remember,
gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's not subject to appeal.