Write these down for future reference, Cap'n Bob! 8^)
--David C.
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Never trade luck for skill." Except in golf.
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"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
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"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines
in the sky."
- From an old carrier sailor
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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."
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"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club."
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Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ... I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am
at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
- At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Okinawa
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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
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"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill
you." - Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its
maximum."
- Jon McBride, astronaut
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"If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash
as possible."
- Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot)
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"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."
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"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime."
- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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"You know that your landing gear is up! and locked when it takes full power
to taxi."
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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
encountered automatic weapons."
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