Rules of Flying

"Rules of Flying"

Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

If you push the stick forward, the houses get
bigger, if you pull the stick back they get smaller.
Unless you keep pulling the stick back--then they
get bigger again.

Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the
plane to keep the pilot cool. Want proof? Make
it stop; then watch the pilot break out into a sweat.

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

Every one already knows the definition of a 'good'
landing is one from which you can walk away. But
very few know the definition of a 'great landing.'
It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.

The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't
live long enough to make all of them yourself.

There are three simple rules for making a smooth
landing: Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

The only thing worse than a captain who never
flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.

It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation.
You start with a large fortune.

Try to keep the number of your landings equal
to the number of your takeoffs.
Received on Fri Dec 7 07:45:31 2007