Some tips from the military

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

‘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 Douglas MacArthur –

‘Tracers work both ways.’
– Army Ordnance Manual-

‘Five second fuses last about three seconds.’
– Infantry Journal –

‘Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.’
– Naval Ops Manual –

‘Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.’
– Unknown Infantry Recruit-

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

‘Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil……For I am at 70,000 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.’
-Unknown Author-

‘If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter — and therefore, unsafe.’
– Fixed Wing 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.’
-Multi-Engine Training Manual-

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

‘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 pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up… the pilot dies.
-Sign over Control Tower Door-

‘Never trade luck for skill.’
-Author Unknown-

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-

‘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 Stan ley (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 –