Mark Wainwright
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Oh, I learned it a long time before that, believe me!
Wife uses all terms above in exactly as the definitions described. My fav. Ya sure that means she thinks she’s caught you in a lie. But when it blows up in her face just smile sometimes no words is the right answer.
Ha Ha, don't worry. I think that we are both smart enough to leave well enough alone.Canada is still not for sale
WISDOM FROM TRAINING MANUALS
'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
-Mel Nakaba Kamikaze Infantry-
'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.'
-US.Air Force Manual -
'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword,
obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur -
'Tracers work both ways.'
-Army Ordnance Manual-
'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
Gary Childs Minuteman 1st pla. -
'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Terrell Cryer, USS Kathryn Ann -
'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
-Stan Freeman USA-
'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'
- Will Cole USMC-
'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-
'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3'
- Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-
'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
-Rod Graheck USAF-
'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be
a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
-Chuck Perriguey USMC-
'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-
'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
-John O'Connell USMC-
"If you hear me yell 'Eject, Eject, Eject!', the last two will be echoes."
"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-
'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and aircrews?
If the aircrew screws up, the aircrew dies;
but If ATC screws up, .... the aircrew dies.'
-Sign over Control Tower Door-
'Never trade luck for skill.'
-Pete Durham USMC-
The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are
'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and 'Oh Crap!'
-Joe Rizzo VTD test pilot-
'Airspeed, altitude and brains.Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training Manual-
'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-
'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;it can just barely kill you.'
- Attributed to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot)-
'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
-Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB , AZ-
'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
- Lead-in, Fighter Training Manual -
As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing,
the crash truck arrives.
The rescuer sees the bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'
The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'