…you remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous….
The 3 most common "last words” in aviation
- “Why is it doing that?"
- "Where are we?"
- "Oh Shit!"
Three 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.
If God had intended man to fly, he would not have….
……. invented Spanish Air Traffic Control.
— Lister, in the BBC TV series, ‘Red Dwarf.’
A pilot’s definition of a firewall…
Firewall: (1) The part of the airplane specially designed to allow all heat and exhaust to enter the cockpit. (2) The act of pulling 69 inches of manifold pressure, out of an engine designed to pull 60.
— Bob Stevens, “There I Was.”
Pilot’s definition of a bank…
The folks who hold the lien on most pilots’ cars.