I remember what one of my co-workers used to tell me that flew in WWII. There are bold pilots and old pilots, but no old, bold pilots.
1. As an aviator in flight you can do anything you want...as long as it's right..and we'll let you know if it's right after you get down.
2. You can't fly forever without getting killed.
3. As a fighter pilot only two bad things can happen to you and one of them will:
A) One day you will walk out to the aircraft knowing that it is your last flight in a fighter.
B) One day you will walk out to the aircraft not knowing it is your last flight in a fighter.
4. Success is being able to walk to your F.E.B. (anyone know what this is?)
5. There are Rules and there are Laws. The rules are made by men who think that they know better how to fly your aircraft than you. The laws (of Physics) were made by the Great One. You can, and sometimes should, suspend the rules but you can never suspend the laws.
6. More about Rules:
A) The Rules are a good place to hide if you don't have a better idea and the talent to execute it.
B) If you deviate from a Rule it must be a flawless performance.
7. The fighter pilot is the highest form of life on earth.
8. About checkrides:
A) The only real objective of a checkride is to complete it and get the ******* out of your aircraft.
B) It has never occurred to any flight examiner that the examinee couldn't care less what the examiner's opinion of his flying ability is.
9. The medical profession is the natural enemy of the aviation profession.
10. The job of the wing commander (or D.O.) is to worry incessantly that his career depends solely on the abilities of his pilots to fly their aircraft without mishap and that their only minuscule contribution to the effort is to bet their lives on it.
11. Ever notice that the only experts who decree that the age of the pilot is over are people who never have flown anything? Also, in spite of the intensity of their feelings that the pilot's day is over, I know of no such expert who has volunteered to be a passenger in a non-piloted aircraft.
12. It is absolutely imperative the pilot be unpredictable. Rebelliousness is very predictable. In the end, conforming almost all the time is the best way to be unpredictable.
13. He who demands everything his aircraft can give him is a pilot; he who demands one iota more is a fool.
14. If you're gonna' fly low, do not fly slow.
15. It is solely the pilot's responsibility to never let any other thing touch his aircraft.
16. About night flying:
A) Remember, the aircraft doesn't know it's dark.
B) On a clear, moonless night, never fly between the lights of anything.
C) There are certain aircraft sounds which can only be heard at night.
D) If you are going to night fly it might as well be in the weather so you can double count your exposure to both hazards.
E) Night formation is really an endless series of near misses in equilibrium with each other.
F) You would have to pay alot of money at alot of amusement parks, perhaps add a few drugs, to get the same psychedelic sensations as a single engine night weather flight on the wing.
17. One of the most important skills that a pilot must develop is the skill to ignore those things that were designed by non-pilots to get the pilot's attention.
18. At the end of the day, the controllers, ops supervisors, mx guys, weatherguessers, and birds; they are all trying to kill you and you job is to not let them.
19. The concept of controlling airspace with radar is just a form of FAA sarcasm directed at pilots to see if they're gullible enough to swallow it.
20. Remember, the radio is only an electronic suggestion box for the pilot. Sometimes the only way to clear up a problem is to turn the box off.
21. It is a tacit, yet profound admission of the pre-eminence of flying in the hierarchy of the human spirit, that those who seek to control aviators via threats always threaten to take one's wings away, not their lives.
22. Remember, when flying low and inverted that the rudder still works the same old way but hopefully your IP never taught you, "pull stick back, plane go up".
23. Mastering prohibited maneuvers is one of the best forms of life insurance.
24. A tactic done twice is a procedure. (Refer to unpredictability above)
25. The aircraft G-limits are only there in case another flight is planned for that particular aircraft. If subsequent flights are not likely, there are no G-limits.
26. One of the beautiful things about solo flight is the social experience.
27. If a mother has the slightest suspicion her infant may grow up to be a pilot she had better teach him to put things back where he found them.
28. The ultimate responsibility of the pilot is to fulfill the dreams of the countless millions of earthbound ancestors who could only stare at the sky and wish.
29. Any flight over water will absolutely guarantee abnormal engine noises and vibrations.
30. Only three thing a copilot should ever say:
A) Nice landing, sir.
B) I'll buy the first round.
C) I'll take the fat chick.
Found on Planes of Fame/Chino, CA webpage
Bo

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