Aviation 101

  • Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.
  • 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)
  • Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Young man, was that a landing or were we shot down?
  • Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
  • 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.
  • Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
  • Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
  • Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw!

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