Forwarded from the bounce bin. Message is from "Andrew Beaumont"
<acbeaumont@btinternet.com>
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Someone said that however confident you are, its a good idea to review
the rules now and again ...
RULES OF THE AIR
1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger and if you pull
the
stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick
all the way back, then they get bigger again.
3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.
4. It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there, than
up
there wishing you were down here.
5. The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep
the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start
sweating (Unless of course, you've got those nice new long wings when
you'll
see a sillier grin than usual appear on the pilot's face).
7. When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided
with the sky.
8. A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great'
landing is one after which you can use your plane again.
9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to
make
all of them yourself.
10. You know you've landed with the wheel up if it takes full power to
taxi to the apron.
11. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle
of arrival. Large angle of arrival small probability of survival and
vice
versa.
12. Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
five minutes earlier.
13. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about
might be another aeroplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable
sources also report that mountains have been known to hide in clouds.
14. Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the
number of take offs you've made.
15. There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing.
Unfortunately no one seems to know what they are.
16. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience.
The trick is to fill the bag with experience before you empty the bag of
all your luck.
17. Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.
18. If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round
and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger,
things are not at all as they should be.
19. In the ongoing battle between objects made of composite materials
travelling at many miles per hour and the ground travelling at zero
miles per hour,
the ground has yet to lose.
20. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience
usually comes from bad judgment.
21. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as
much
as possible.
22. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
23. Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law and it's
not
likely to be repealed.
24. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above
you,
the runway behind you and a tenth of a second ago.
25. There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. There are, however,
very few old bold pilots.
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...Have I missed any? :-)
Andrew Beaumont (Classic #066 - G-BVJN)
P.S. We've got the spats now and it really does go faster - thanks Andy
:))
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