Common Aviation Quotes / Pearls of Wisdom

[ChunksJR]

Some more...good to see you all again...

1) It's not the falling out of the sky that will kill you. It's the abrupt stop at the end.
2) No one ever died hitting air... ("Climb to Cope")

And my personal 3 favorites...
3) Don't EVER bust a BINGO.
4) Don't EVER pass up a chance to get fuel.
5) Don't EVER stick anything up your butt.

 

[eddie]

Some more...good to see you all again...

1) It's not the falling out of the sky that will kill you. It's the abrupt stop at the end.
2) No one ever died hitting air... ("Climb to Cope")

And my personal 3 favorites...
3) Don't EVER bust a BINGO.
4) Don't EVER pass up a chance to get fuel.
5) Don't EVER stick anything up your butt.

LOVE the last one... fabulous advice for ALL situations!

 

[Lawman]

LOVE the last one... fabulous advice for ALL situations!

Wait till your Flight Physical. Then again I guess that rule doesnt apply if its the doctor doing the sticking.

 

[ChuckMK23]

Wait till your Flight Physical. Then again I guess that rule doesnt apply if its the doctor doing the sticking.

Actually the digital rectal exam is very much out of vogue these days. I asked my MD about this last year and he said that particular examination serves little purpose and what seems to happen is a doctor will detect a false positive if nothing else. If an MD does it it's more likely a case of "that's the way I was trained..blah blah blah". You can politely refuse. Unless you really look forward to it of course

 

[Fly Navy]

Wait till your Flight Physical. Then again I guess that rule doesnt apply if its the doctor doing the sticking.

I never had to do it for my flight physicals.

 

[Lawman]

Actually the digital rectal exam is very much out of vogue these days. I asked my MD about this last year and he said that particular examination serves little purpose and what seems to happen is a doctor will detect a false positive if nothing else. If an MD does it it's more likely a case of "that's the way I was trained..blah blah blah". You can politely refuse. Unless you really look forward to it of course

Talk about saved by the bell, I have one in .... 5 hours.

 

[A4sForever]

I never had to do it for my flight physicals.

I think it's an "age" thing ... kinda like EKG's on your FAA flight physicals ---- I get the "finger wave" every six months AND an EKG every 12 months. Age .... you gotta love it.

The only real problem with the "wave" is my AME usually gets a running start .....

 

[WheelsUpHeelsUp]

Turboprops don't sputter and cough.

Not exactly a truism, a T-56 surely will if it's a stiff breeze blowing in the tail pipe. Compressor stall, they will "pop" out the behind.

 

[WheelsUpHeelsUp]

Thought I'd start a thread on common things I've heard IP's tell studs... pilot's confucianism if you will...

1. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate
2. You control the aircraft. Don't let the aircraft control you.
3. You're the PIC, you tell me.
4. Don't make excuses.
5. Never accept being off parameters... if you're 10' off altitude.. correct

got more? let's hear 'em.

Bad day when you're outta airspeed, altitude and ideas.

 

[OldNavy]

Kick the Tires

Light the Fires

First one in the air is Lead

We'll brief on Guard

:icon_smil

 

[plc67]

The most memorable debrief happened when I was learning to hover a
Sea Ranger. My instructor, a dead pan LCDR who flew for HC7 in RVN lead a conversation that went like this:
IP: Lieutenant, when you're trying to hover do you feel any resistance on the controls?
Me(after reflecting): Why yes sir, I do.
IP: Well, that's me. You're trying to kill us, I'm trying to save us. Don't fight me lieutenant.

 

[Brett327]

Not exactly a truism, a T-56 surely will if it's a stiff breeze blowing in the tail pipe. Compressor stall, they will "pop" out the behind.

Case in point, we were taxiing towards the hold short in Kef with 80-90 Kts of wind going up the tailpipe and we flamed out the #4 motor. Decided to not go flying that night.

Brett

 

[Goober]

"You'll never get stars on your collar by sticking one thumb in your mouth and the other up your butt and waiting for someone to yell 'switch.'"

Probably the most brown-shoeish black-shoe O-6 I've ever met used that in a staff meeting one day. As my old boss, we could have used him on the aviation side (he even preferred wearing brown shoes w/ his khakis).

 

[GMan1976]

"ok... no one's looking. annnd... go."

-Team America

 

[TheBubba]

My signature came fromsomething one of my friends was told during primary at corpus.