Instructions and advice

[Mjolinor]

'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Infantry Journal-

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'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US.Air Force Manual -

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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never
encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur -

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'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.'
- Infantry Sgt.-

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'Tracers work both ways.'
- Army Ordnance Manual-

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'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
- Infantry Journal -

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The three most useless things in aviation are: Fuel in the bowser;
Runway behind you; and Air above you.
-Basic Flight Training Manual-

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'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Naval Ops Manual -

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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown Infantry Recruit-

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'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.'
- Infantry Journal-

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'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-

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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
- Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-

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

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

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'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-

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'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
-Unknown Author-

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

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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, .... the
pilot dies.'
-Sign over Control Tower Door-

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'Never trade luck for skill.'
-Author Unknown-

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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military
aviation are:'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and'Oh S...!'
-Authors Unknown-

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'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training Manual-

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'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-

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'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just
barely kill you.'
- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) -

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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
-Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ-

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