Incidentally, I have shaken the hands of Ernie Bann, Bob Hoover and
Chuck Yeager who have shaken the hands of George Spencer, Charles
Lindbergh, Jimmy Dolittle, Orville and Wilbur Wright and probably every
other historical aviator! That is why I never wash my right hand....
Tom Friedland A 079 XS Mono Jab 3300 N96V
From: "Frank S.Koral" <cynicus@rockisland.com>
Subject: Fw: For aviators
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:58:10 -0700
You fellows will find something here that speaks the truth..FSK
----- Original Message -----
From: forrest allen
Subject: For aviators
> > Keep the aeroplane in such an attitude that the air pressure is
> > directly in the pilot's face. - Horatio C. Barber, 1916
> >
> > When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was
forgotten. -
> > Robert Livingston, 'Flying The Aeronca
> >
> > The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is
on
> > fire. - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, sometime before his death in
the
> > 1920's
> >
> > Flexible is much too rigid, in aviation you have to be fluid. -
Verne
> > Jobst
> >
> > If you can't afford to do something right, then be darn sure you can
> > afford to do it wrong. - Charlie Nelson
> >
> > Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be
> > held on a sunny day. - Layton A. Bennett
> >
> > I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single
> > motored airplanes at night. - Charles A. Lindbergh, to Wiley Post,
1931
> >
> > Never fly the 'A' model of anything. - Ed Thompson
> >
> > Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the Rudder
> > Pedals. - Harry Bill
> >
> > Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smite thee.
-
> > William Kershner
> >
> > When a prang seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest,
cheapest
> > object in the vicinity, as slowly and gently as possible. - advice
given
> > to RAF pilots during W.W.II.
> >
> > Instrument flying is when your mind gets a grip on the fact that
there
> > is vision beyond sight. - U.S. Navy 'Approach' magazine circa
W.W.II.
> >
> > Always keep an 'out' in your hip pocket. - Bevo Howard
> >
> > The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill
> > you. - attributed to Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
> >
> > A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to
its
> > maximum. - Jon McBride, astronaut
> >
> > If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the
> > crash as possible. - Bob Hoover
> >
> > It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly,
there
> > would be no survivors. - Richard Leakey, after engine failure in a
> > single engine Nairobi, Africa, 1993.
> >
> > If an airplane is still in one piece, don't cheat on it. Ride the
> > bastard down. - Ernest K. Gann, advice from the 'old pelican'
> >
> > Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death I Shall Fear No Evil For I
am
> > 80,000 feet and Climbing. - sign over the entrance to the SR-71
> > operating location on Kadena AB Okinawa
> >
> > You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3. - Paul F.
> > Crickmore,
> >
> > The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It's the one you
> > can't train for that kills you. - Ernest K. Gann, advice from the
'old
> > pelican'
> >
> > If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push
it,
> > and when to back off. - Chuck Yeager
> >
> > Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you. -
Richard
> > Herman, Jr, 'Firebreak'
> >
> > There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime. -
Sign
> > over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970.
> > An airplane might disappoint any pilot, but it'll never surprise a
good
> > one. - Len Morgan
> >
> > To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation,
the
> > sky is home. Life is simple. Eat, sleep, fly. Try not to die all
tensed
> > up. - Earthquake
> >
> >
> >
>
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