The rules of the air.

[cchris]

Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.

If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, then they get bigger again.

Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.

It's always better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.

The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

The propeller is just a big fan used to keep the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.

When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky.

A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great' landing is one after which they can use the plane again.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.

You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp.

The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.

Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.

Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone keeps talking about might be another airplane going in the opposite direction. Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in clouds.

Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of take offs you've made.

There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.

You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck.

Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.

If all you can see out of the window is ground that's going round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be.

In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminium going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.

Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually comes from bad judgment.

It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward as much as possible.

Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.

Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's not subject to repeal.

The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.

[powerclown]

Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's dangerous.

Never looked at it like that...those are funny, and interesting!

[mordret]

Cool ! My favorites :

Originally posted by cchris
You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp.

Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth repels them.

[shakran]

that is FUNNY. time to email all my pilot friends with this.

[TwoToTango]

Originally posted by cchris
The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.

That's actually pretty deep. I like it.

[Slacks_01]

A lot of interesting points and some funnies!

[xim]

i like the one about the helicopters
when i used to fly the airplane pilots hated the heli pilots and the visa versa
the ones that flew both thought it was rediculous

[fatboss]

Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's the law. And it's not subject to repeal.

That's just so true!

This one's gonna be my Friday e-mail I think. Thanks for the smiles.

[krwlz]

With a father as a pilot, I can fully appreciate those. Good stuff man.

[Ilow]

I wish I had some pilot friends to send this to. good stuff!

[phukraut]

"When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided with the sky."

not the sky, but mountains maybe!

[FishKing]

I passed these along to a pilot friend of mine.

[Zooksport2]

I have a brother who flies Light planes. He has wrecked 2 and damaged a 3rd. He probably knows these rules already, but I sent 'em anyways.

PS Technically, only 1 was his fault. Wind shear on landing caused the 1st. The nose gear failed on the second. But the 3rd... he flew into a tree!

[amonkie]

Hmm.... flight program 500 yards down the road, I got a kick out of this!

[xepherys]

So true, yet so funny!