From a brother service man. Happy Memorial Day. > 'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' > - Infantry Journal- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just > bombed.' > - US. Air Force Manual - > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never > encountered automatic weapons.' > - General MacArthur - > > ____________________________________ > > > 'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.' > - Infantry Sgt.- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Tracers work both ways.' > - Army Ordnance Manual- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Five second fuses last about three seconds.' > - Infantry Journal - > > ____________________________________ > > > The three most useless things in aviation are: Fuel in the bowser; Runway > behind you; and Air above you. > -Basic Flight Training Manual- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Any ship can be a minesweeper - Once.' > - Naval Ops Manual - > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' > - Unknown Infantry Recruit- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.' > - Infantry Journal- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear > No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.' > - Sign over SR71 Wing Ops- (I love this one-ga) > > ____________________________________ > > > 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' > -Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' > - Unknown Author- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a > helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.' > - Fixed Wing Pilot- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough > power left to get you to the scene of the crash.' > -Multi-Engine Training Manual- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.' > -Unknown Author- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'If you hear me yell; "Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.' > If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then > you'll be the pilot.' > -Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian CF104 Pilot- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? > If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If an Air Trafic Controller > screws up, .... the pilot dies.' > -Sign over Control Tower Door- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Never trade luck for skill.' > -Author Unknown- > > ____________________________________ > > > The three most ugly expressions (or famous last words) in military > aviation are: 'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh ****...!' > -Authors Unknown- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully > complete the flight.' > -Basic Flight Training Manual- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a > person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.' > - Emergency Checklist- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; > it can just barely kill you.' > - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) - > > ____________________________________ > > > 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' > -Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ- > > ____________________________________ > > > 'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power > to taxi to the terminal.' - Lead-in Fighter Training Manual - > > ____________________________________ > > > 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 the bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?' > > The pilot's reply: 'How would I know, I just got here myself!' > >
