Subdeacon Joe Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Some true, some not quite true. 1. There is no problem so complex that it cannot simply be blamed on the pilot. ~ Dr Earl Weiner 2. To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything. ~ Otto Lilienthal 3. Safety second is my motto. ~ Locklear 4. Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. 5. The man who flies an airplane … must believe in the unseen. ~ Richard Bach 6. There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast! ~ Roscoe Turner 7. The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t. ~ Douglas Adams 8. Aviation is proof, that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. ~ Rickenbacker 9. Flying is like sex —I’ve never had all I wanted but occasionally I’ve had all I could stand. ~ Stephen Coonts 10. The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. ~ Cornelius Tactitus (circa AD 56) 11. Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. 12. Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe to fly? Just how in the world do you think it got to be this old? ~ Jim Tavenner 13. If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial. ~ Wilbur Wright, 1901. 14. The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own. ~ Richard Bach, ‘A Gift Of Wings’ 15. The greatest danger in flying is starving to death. ~ Earl C. Reed of the T-L-R Flying Circus 16. When the weight of the paper equals the weight of the airplane, only then you can go flying. ~ Donald Douglas 17. In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. ~ Wilbur Wright, September 1900. 18. I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. ~ Antoine de St-Exupéry 19. Any damned fool can criticize, but it takes a genius to design it in the first place. ~ Edgar Schmued 20. When asked by someone how much money flying takes: Why, all of it! ~ Gordon Baxter 21. The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy. ~ Baron Manfred Von Richthofen 22.. The aeroplane will never fly. ~ Lord haldane, Minister of War, Britain, 1907 23. What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men… I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded with beauty, pierced with danger. ~ Charles A. Lindbergh 24. It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and stick to it, particularly in the face of the desires of one’s friends; but it is doubly hard for an aviator to stay on the ground waiting for just the right moment to go into the air. ~ Glenn Curtiss, 1909. 25. To put your life in danger from time to time… breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. ~ Nevil Shute 26. Aviation records don’t fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future. ~ Amelia Earhart 27. Real planes use only a single stick to fly. This is why bulldozers & helicopters—in that order —need two. ~ Paul Slattery 28. Airplanes are near perfect, all they lack is the ability to forgive ~ Richard Collins 29. The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport. ~ Orville Wright 30. The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. ~ Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot 31. The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking. ~ Jonathon Swift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 32. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but, there are no old bold pilots. Anon. Naval Aviator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 All are quite true. And then there’s this one... ”Any landing you walk away from is a good one. Reusing the aircraft is a bonus.” US Army, IERW Class 88-08. Honor Graduate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 The three most useless things to a pilot are: Runway behind you, sky above you and fuel in the truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 “The sky is not the limit, the ground is.” ——- My instrument rating allowed me to fly in all kinds of nasty weather, but with this caveat: “Takeoffs are optional, but landings are mandatory.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Planes are fast. They beat emergency services to the crash site every time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, – and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of – wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air… Up, up the long, delirious burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark, or ever eagle flew – And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: 12. Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe to fly? Just how in the world do you think it got to be this old? ~ Jim Tavenner Yup! Last Saturday, at the local airport. My buddy Doc Pierce's 16-year old granddaughter having a fun ride in an 80-year old PT-17. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 "The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its very nature wants to fly and, if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly. A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other and, if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance, the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter." "This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts, and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to." Harry Reasoner February 16, 1971 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 With enough power you can make anything fly - Made about the F-4 Phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 16 minutes ago, Chantry said: With enough power you can make anything fly - Made about the F-4 Phantom The proverbial brick with wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 12 hours ago, Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 said: There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but, there are no old bold pilots. My Dad flew for decades. He recited this mantra to me on many occasions when I asked about his checklist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Thanks for the post, Joe. My son is an airline pilot and has been building a sports plane for the last 18 months. I'm sure he'll get a kick out of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Engage brain before commencing takeoff roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 If all the engines die you’ve got at least six miles before anything bad happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 When the airplane quits, you can’t just get out and walk away. Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 10 minutes ago, Blackwater 53393 said: When the airplane quits, you can’t just get out and walk away. Me. If the pilot does his part, you certainly can. But it's advisable to wait until it comes to a stop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 You start your flying career with an empty bag of experience and a full bag of luck, the trick is to fill up the one before you empty the other. There are two schools of thought about helicopters. One is that it can fly because it's so ugly the earth repels it, the other is that it stays up only by beating the air into submission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 The propeller on the aircraft's nose has an important purpose. It is a fan. It keeps the pilot cool. Didn't know this? Just watch the pilot sweat if it quits turning! You can do anything at all in an airplane. Anything. Without limit. If -- and only if -- you stay away from that depressingly solid other world called the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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