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WISDOM FROM AVIATION/MILITARY MANUALS |
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Written by To The Point News
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
"If the enemy is in range,
so are you." - Infantry Journal
"It is generally
inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." - U.S. Air
Force Manual
"Whoever said the pen is
mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -
General MacArthur
"Tracers work both
ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance
"Five second fuses only
last three seconds." - Infantry Journal
"Any ship can be a
minesweeper. Once."
"Never tell the Platoon
Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Marine Recruit
"If you see a bomb
technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop
"Though I Fly Through the
Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and
Climbing."
"You've never been lost
until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
"The only time you have too
much fuel is when you're on fire."
"When one engine fails on a
twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene
of the crash."
"Never trade luck for
skill."
"Friendly fire -
isn't"
"Airspeed, altitude and
brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight."
"Mankind has a perfect
record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
"Flying the airplane is
more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of
understanding or doing anything about it."
"There is no reason to fly
through a thunderstorm in peacetime." Sign over squadron ops desk at
Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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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