Mamma
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Someone spent a lot of time putting this one together so I thought I would pass it on.
Mamma
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
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.
Flying is hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of stark terror.
Fly it until the last piece stops moving.
It's 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 overgross but it sure won't fly without fuel.
Believe your instruments.
Think ahead of your airplane.
I'd rather 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 we are what we eat, then some pilots should eat more chicken.
I'd rather be a chicken than a turkey.
Without fuel, pilots become pedestrians.
Regards engine power: Lots is good, more is better, and too much is just enough.
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 checkride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but still be long enough to cover everything.
Standard checklist philosophy requires that pilots read to each other the actions they perform every flight, and recite from memory those they need every three years.
Experience is the knowledge that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
(The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911)
There are some flight instructors where the student is important, and there are some instructors where the instructor is important. Pick carefully.
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.
No one has ever collided with the sky.
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than to be up there wishing you were down here.
One peek is worth a thousand instrument cross-checks.
Experience is a hard teacher. First comes the test, then the lesson.
Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands.
Never let an airplane take you somewhere you brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
If it's red or dusty don't touch it.
Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.
An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi.
Cessna pilots are always found in the wreckage with their hand around the microphone.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller.
To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder.
Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.
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.
Definition of 'pilot': The first one to arrive at the scene of an aircraft accident.
The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
There are two types of tailwheel (or retractable gear) pilot, those who have ground-looped (landed gear up) and those that will.
If you've got time to spare, go by air.
(More time yet? Go by jet.)
IFR: I Follow Roads.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.
You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
If you don't gear up your brain before takeoff, you'll probably gear up your airplane on landing.
Navy carrier pilots regards Air Force pilots:
"Flare to land, squat to pee."
Mamma
Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
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.
Flying is hours of boredom, punctuated by moments of stark terror.
Fly it until the last piece stops moving.
It's 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 overgross but it sure won't fly without fuel.
Believe your instruments.
Think ahead of your airplane.
I'd rather 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 we are what we eat, then some pilots should eat more chicken.
I'd rather be a chicken than a turkey.
Without fuel, pilots become pedestrians.
Regards engine power: Lots is good, more is better, and too much is just enough.
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 checkride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but still be long enough to cover everything.
Standard checklist philosophy requires that pilots read to each other the actions they perform every flight, and recite from memory those they need every three years.
Experience is the knowledge that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
(The wisdom that enables us to recognize as an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced. — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911)
There are some flight instructors where the student is important, and there are some instructors where the instructor is important. Pick carefully.
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.
No one has ever collided with the sky.
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine.
It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than to be up there wishing you were down here.
One peek is worth a thousand instrument cross-checks.
Experience is a hard teacher. First comes the test, then the lesson.
Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands.
Never let an airplane take you somewhere you brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
If it's red or dusty don't touch it.
Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.
An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi.
Cessna pilots are always found in the wreckage with their hand around the microphone.
If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller.
To go up, pull the stick back. To go down, pull the stick back harder.
Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.
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.
Definition of 'pilot': The first one to arrive at the scene of an aircraft accident.
The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
There are two types of tailwheel (or retractable gear) pilot, those who have ground-looped (landed gear up) and those that will.
If you've got time to spare, go by air.
(More time yet? Go by jet.)
IFR: I Follow Roads.
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots.
You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to taxi.
If you don't gear up your brain before takeoff, you'll probably gear up your airplane on landing.
Navy carrier pilots regards Air Force pilots:
"Flare to land, squat to pee."