Fw: Wisdom From Training Manuels...
- From: Len Nash <lennash@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Pat Mack <av8r1103@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:51:10 -0700 (PDT)
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'If
the enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Infantry
Journal-
'It
is generally inadvisable to eject directly
Over
the area you just bombed.'
- US.Air
Force Manual
-
'Whoever
said the pen is mightier than the sword,
Obviously
never encountered automatic weapons.'
-
General MacArthur -
'Tracers
work both ways.'
- Army
Ordnance
Manual-
'Five
second fuses last about three seconds.'
- Infantry
Journal -
'Any
ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
-
Naval Ops Manual -
'Never
tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown
Infantry Recruit-
'If
you see a bomb technician running,
Try
to keep up to him.'
- Infantry
Journal-
'Yea,
Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death,
I
Shall Fear No Evil. For
I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
-
Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-
'You've
never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
-
Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-
'The
only time you have too much fuel is when you're on
fire.'
-Unknown
Author-
'If
the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be
a
Helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
- Fixed
Wing Pilot-
'When
one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you
always have enough power left to get you to the scene of
the
Crash.'
-Multi-Engine
Training Manual-
'Without
ammunition, the Air Force is
just an expensive flying club.'
-Unknown
Author-
'If
you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject!",
The
last two will be echos.'
If you stop to ask "Why?",
you'll be talking to
yourself, because by then you'll be
the pilot.'
-Pre-flight
Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot-
'What
Is the similarity between air traffic controllers and
Pilots? If
a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If
ATC screws up, .... the pilot dies.'
-Sign
over Control Tower Door-
'Never
trade luck for skill.'
-Author
Unknown-
'Airspeed,
altitude and brains. Two
are always needed to successfully complete the
flight.'
-Basic
Flight Training Manual-
'Flying
the airplane is more important than radioing your
plight
to
a person on the ground incapable of understanding or
doing anything about it.'
- Emergency
Checklist-
'The
Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it
can just barely kill you.'
- Attributed
to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot) -
'There
is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in
peacetime.'
-Sign
over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB
, AZ-
'You
know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes
full
power to taxi to the terminal.' -
Lead-in Fighter Training Manual -
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 the bloodied pilot and asks,'What
happened?'
the
pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here
myself!'
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