Military Wisdom

-Infantry Journal-

'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'

 

-US.Air Force Manual –

'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.'

 

- General MacArthur –

'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'

 

-Army Ordnance Manual-

'Tracers work both ways.'

 

- Infantry Journal -

'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'

 

- Naval Ops Manual –

'Any ship can be a minesweeper. ONCE.'

 

-Unknown Infantry Recruit-

'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'

 

- Infantry Journal-

'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.'

 

- Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-

'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil.For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'

 

- Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-

'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'

 

-Unknown Author-

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

 

-Fixed Wing Pilot-

'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'

-Multi-Engine Training Manual-

'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane, you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'

 

-Unknown Author-‘Helicopters are just a bunch of parts flying in formation’

 

-Unknown Author-

'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'

 

'If you hear me yell; "Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echo’s.'

If you stop to ask "Why?"  You'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be the pilot.'

 

-Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot-

'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?

If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but if ATC screws up, the pilot dies.'

 

-Sign over Control Tower Door-

'Never trade luck for skill.'

 

-Author Unknown-

The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are:
'Did you feel that?
'What's that noise?'
and
'Oh SH#T!'

 

-Authors Unknown-

'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'

 

-Basic Flight Training Manual-

'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it..'

 

-Emergency Checklist-

'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.'

 

- Attributed to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot) –

'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'

 

-Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB , AZ-

'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'

 

- Lead-in Fighter Training Manual –

As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives.

The rescuer sees the bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'  The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'

 

 

Thanks Kerry