"If the Wright brothers were alive today, Wilber would have to fire Orville to reduce costs." President, DELTA Airlines
Airlines have really changed, now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory
If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
If the wings are travelling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter.
There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky. (From an old carrier sailor)
Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.
Without ammunition, the RAF would be just another expensive flying club.
What is the similarity between air traffic controllers (ATC) and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky.
Basic Flying Rules:
Try to stay in the middle of the air.
Do not go near the edges of it.
The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space.
It is much more difficult to fly there.
Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.
Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!
There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.
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 or doing anything about it.
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.
(Bob Hoover - renowned aerobatic and test pilot).
A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum.
(Jon McBride, astronaut).
Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.
You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.
There are no mistakes in aviation; they've all been tried and tested.
"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
If you see a bomb technician running, follow him.
"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 Test 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.
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to the society. The optimist invents the airplane, the pessimist, the parachute.
If helicopters are so safe, how come there are no vintage/classic helicopter fly-ins?
Death is just nature's way of telling you to watch your airspeed or rotor RPM.
Real planes use only a single stick to fly**. This is why bulldozers & helicopters -- in that order -- need two.
As a pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will.
a. One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight.
b. One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing that it is your last flight.
There are Rules and there are Laws.
The Rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your airplane than you.
Laws (of Physics) were made by the Great One.
You can, and sometimes should, suspend the Rules but you can never suspend the Laws.
About Rules:
a. The rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
b. If you deviate from a rule, it must be a flawless performance. (e.g., If you fly under a bridge, don't hit the bridge.)
The ideal pilot is the perfect blend of discipline and aggressiveness.
The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.
Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the age of the pilot is over are people who have never flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot's day is over I know of no expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.
Before each flight, make sure that your bladder is empty and your fuel tanks are full!
He who demands everything that his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he that demands one iota more is a fool.
The aircraft limits are only there in case there is another flight by that particular aircraft. If subsequent flights do not appear likely, there are no limits.
Flying is a great way of life for men who want to feel like boys, but not for those who still are.
Flying is a hard way to earn an easy living.
Forget all that stuff about lift, gravity, thrust and drag. An airplane flies because of money. If God had meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money (or, according to Benny Hill, free airline tickets).
In the Alaska bush I'd rather have a two hour bladder and three hours of gas than vice versa.
An old pilot is one who can remember when flying was dangerous and sex was safe.
I've flown in both pilot seats, can someone tell me why the other one is always occupied by an idiot?
Son, you're going to have to make up your mind about growing up and becoming a pilot. You can't do both.
There are only two types of aircraft -- fighters and targets.
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.
You define a good flight by negatives: you didn't get hijacked, you didn't crash, you didn't throw up, you weren't late, you weren't nauseated by the food. So you're grateful.
New CAA Motto: "We're not happy till you're not happy."
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