Aviators’ Wisdom

• Altitude above you.
• Runway behind you.
• Fuel in the truck.

• Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.
• If God meant man to fly, He'd have given him more money.
• Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.
• It's better to be down here wishing you were up there than up there wishing you were down here.
• Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.
• No one has ever collided with the sky.
• It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
• 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 knows a 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away.
• But a 'great landing is one after which you can use the airplane again.
• The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
• 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.
• 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 of them trying to become random in motion.
• Helicopters can't really fly -they're just so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.
• Young man, was that a landing or were we shot down?
• Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make all of them yourself.
• Trust your captain ... but keep your seat belt securely fastened.
• Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment.
• Aviation is not so much a profession as it is a disease.
• There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing: Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
• The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as copilot is a copilot who once was a captain.
• Be nice to your first officer, he may be your captain at your next airline.
• 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. - Remember JFK Jr.?
• Remember, you're always a student in an airplane.
• Keep looking around; there's always something you've missed.
• Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.
• You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
• There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold, pilots!
• Flying is the perfect vocation for a man who wants to feel like a boy, but not for one who still is.
• Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a fire hydrant what it thinks about dogs.
• Being an airline pilot would be great if you didn't have to go on all those trips.
• Gravity never loses! The best you can hope for is a draw!