jim@artecon.UUCP (Jim Wang) (11/29/85)
/* line eater fodder */ I'm interested in collecting one-line adages and proverbs about aviation and aviation lore. There's a clever saying to cover just about any circumstance that can happen in flying, and I'd like to be adequately prepared for the unexpected. A few examples of what I'm looking for are enclosed below. Please MAIL responses to me; I'll post a summary if I get sufficient responses and requests ( seismo!jim is best, but the return path in the header will probably make it too - we get our news the long way 'round). Jim Wang N4766L (seismo!jim, jim@seismo, seismo!kobold!artecon!jim) "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." "Keep the dirty side down and the pointy end forward." "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there are no old, bold pilots."
rjn@hpfcla.UUCP (12/05/85)
re: aviation adages .... Most airplanes have only two stable configurations: spinning, and crashed. Helicopters have only one. Regards, Hewlett-Packard Bob Niland 3404 East Harmony Road [ihnp4|hplabs]!hpfcla!rjn Fort Collins CO 80525
pcook@milano.UUCP (12/05/85)
. Back when the 55th Weather ReconRon was pushing WB-50's around there were a couple: "Weather Reconnaissance is hours and hours of boredom punctuated with moments of stark terror." "Nothing is as useless as the runway behind you or the altitude over your head." "Never tell your co-pilot 'Cheer Up!' on takeoff roll" (On landing roll) "Cheated death again!" "When you hear the hiss, you're clear to P***." pcook@mcc [Col Pete Cook, MCC, Austin, TX]
ted@bcsaic.UUCP (ted jardine) (12/09/85)
You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi. On a Twin, the purpose of the good engine is to take you directly to the scene of the accident. The four most useless things in aviation: 1. The altitude above you; 2. The runway behind you; 3. The gas in the truck at the airport; and 4. A low-time copilot. -- TJ (with Amazing Grace) The Piper (aka Ted Jardine) CFI-AI Boeing Artificial Intelligence Center ...uw-beaver!uw-june!bcsaic!ted
ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) (12/11/85)
> You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi.
Not quite true. I once needed full power to taxi a Cardinal RG
because a tire had blown during the landing roll.