famous quotes from training manuals

[Hank]

A friend sent me these quotes... I thought I'd share them with you. Good for a laugh.

WISDOM FROM TRAINING MANUALS

'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 -

'Tracers work both ways.'

-Army Ordnance Manual-

'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'

- Will Cole USMC-

'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-

'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.'

-Rod Graheck USAF-

'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'

-Chuck Perriguey USMC-

'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.'

-John O'Connell USMC-

"If you hear me yell 'Eject, Eject, Eject!', the last two will be echoes."

"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 F104 Pilot-

'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and aircrews?

If the aircrew screws up, the aircrew dies;

but If ATC screws up, .... the aircrew dies.'

-Sign over Control Tower Door-

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

'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh Shit!'

-Joe Rizzo VTD test pilot-

'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-Montham 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: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'

[tennyson]

Thank you, Hank.

Some of this wisdom will be nailed up to the wall on my new flight deck.....hope I can live up to them!

Frank

[BennyHill]

"There is nothing so useless, as fuel in the bowser, when you're at 6,000 feet with empty tanks."

"The propellor is to keep the pilot cool. Watch him break out in a sweat when it stops"

[Iain Emms]

Some good advice there and very funny as well.

cheers

Iain

[Paul Baumanis]

Some real gems there, enjoyed them very much.

Thanks for posting.

[Just Fly]

Excellent !

[Marvic]

Thanks, they are great,

[Flyboy]

They gave me a laugh Hank, thanks mate.

[sightseer]

Thank you much...those are great.

[Charlie P.]

Great quotes here! Enjoyed reading these.

The quote I enjoy seeing the most is at the bottom of every orbx manual I get from each of the purchases I've made, that goes something to the tune of; "Well you've stuck with me through all this information this far....etc" I know that is sort of "off-topic", but for whatever reason I've always liked seeing that "final thought" like paragraph at the end of the manual...

[Indy511]

LOL Those were great!

Thanks Hank