#404 ..SOME GOOD 'UNS

WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUAL

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"If the enemy is in range, so are you."
- Infantry Journal

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"It is generally inadvisable to eject
directly over the area you just bombed."
- U.S. Air Force Manual

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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." - General MacArthur

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"You, you, and you ... Panic.
The rest of you, come with me."
- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.

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"Tracers work both ways."
- U.S. Army Ordnance

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"Five second fuses only last three seconds."
- Infantry Journal

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"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once."

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"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do."
- Unknown Marine Recruit

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"If you see a bomb technician running,
keep up with him."
- USAF Ammo Troop

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"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."

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"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

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"The only time you have too much fuel is
when you're on fire."

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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."

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"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."

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"Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club."

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"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies."

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"Never trade luck for skill."

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The three most common expressions
(or famous last words), in aviation are:

"Why is it doing that?"
"Where are we?"
And
"Oh S...!"

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"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight."

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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;
we never left one up there!"

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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."

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"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)

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"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."

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"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal."

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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 a bloodied pilot and asks, "What happened?"
The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!"
- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)

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