Basic Rules of Flying

The three most common expressions in aviation are, "Why is it doing that?","Where are we?" and "Sh*t!"

Navy carrier pilots to Air Force pilots: Flaring is like squatting to pee.

Without ammunition the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.

Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.

Airspeed, altitude or brains: two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.

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

Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries.

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

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

 

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