Aviation reading for Tramps Riverbank and all

Thoughts Of Pilots
>>> No matter what else happens, fly the airplane.
>>> Forget all that stuff about thrust and drag, lift and gravity; an
>>> airplane flies because of money.
>>>
> It's better to be down here wishing you were up
>>> there, than up there wishing you were down here.
>>>
> If you're ever faced with a forced landing at
>>> night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't
>>> like what you see, turn' em back off.
>>>
> A check ride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but
> still be long enough to cover everything.
>>>
> Speed is life, altitude is life insurance. No one has ever collided with
> the sky!
>>>
> Always remember you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands.
>>>
> Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five
> minutes earlier.
>>>
> "Unskilled" pilots are always found in the wreckage with their hand around
> the microphone.
>>>
> If you push the stick forward, the houses get
>>> bigger; if you pull the stick back, they get smaller. (Unless you keep
>>> pulling the stick back-then they get bigger again.)
>>>
> Hovering is for pilots who love to fly but have no place to go.
>>>
> The only time you have too much fuel is when
>>> you're on fire.
>>>
> Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man. Landing is the first!
>>>
> Everyone already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one from
> which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a 'great'
> landing. It's one after which you can use the airplane another time.
>>>
> The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
>>>
> IFR: I Follow Roads.
>>>
> You know you've landed with the wheels up when it takes full power to
> taxi.
>>>
> Those who hoot with the owls by night should not fly with the eagles by
> day.
>>>
> A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and
> reciprocating parts going up and down - all ofthem trying to become random
> in motion.
>>>
> Helicopters can't really fly - they're just so ugly that the earth
> immediately repels them.
>>>
> Pilots believe in clean living. They never drink whiskey from a dirty
> glass.
>>>
> Things which do you no good in aviation: Altitude above you. Runway behind
> you. Fuel in the truck. Half a second ago. Approach plates in the car.
> The airspeed you don't have.
>>>
> If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.
>>>
> Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
>>>
> A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a corpse.
>>>
> Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a tree what it
> thinks about dogs.
>>>
> Trust your captain but keep your seat belt securely fastened.
>>>
> An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.
>>>
> pilot who relies on a terminal forecast can be sold the Brooklyn Bridge.
> If he relies on winds-aloft reports he can be sold Niagara Falls.
>>>
> The friendliest flight attendants are those on the trip home.
>>>
> Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad
> judgment.
>>>
> Being an airline pilot would be great if you didn't have to go on all
> those trips.
>>>
> Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.
>>>
> The nicer an airplane looks, the better it flies.
>>>
> There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately,
> no one knows what they are.
>>>
> It's a good landing if you can still get the doors open.
>>>
> Passengers prefer old captains and young flight attendants.
>>>
> The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot
> who once was a captain.
>>>
> It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
>>>
> If an earthquake suddenly opened a fissure in a runway that caused an
> accident, the FAA would find a way to blame it on pilot error.
>>>
> Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwind.
>>>
> A thunderstorm is never as bad on the inside as it appears on the outside.
> It's worse.
>>>
> It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You start with a large
> fortune.
>>>
> A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's flying,
> and about flying when he's with a woman.
>>>
> A fool and his money are soon flying more airplane than he can handle.
>>>
> The last thing every pilot does before leaving the aircraft after making a
> gear up landing is to put the gear selection
> lever in the 'down' position.
>>>
> Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your
> takeoffs.
>>>
> Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.
>>>
> You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
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