WISDOM FROM MILITARY MANUALS

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

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'It is generally inadvisable to eject
directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US Air Force  Manual -

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

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 'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.'
- U.S.  Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.-

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 'Tracers work both ways.'
- U.S. Army Ordnance Manual-

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 'Five second fuses only last three seconds.'
-Infantry Journal  -

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 The three most useless things in aviation are:
Fuel in the bowser; Runway behind you; and Air above you.
 -Basic  Flight Training Manual-

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 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Maritime Ops Manual -

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 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown  Marine Recruit-

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 'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'
 -USAF Ammo  Troop-

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'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.'
 - Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-

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 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
-Paul F.  Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-

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

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

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

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 'Without ammunition, the USAF is just an expensive flying club.'
 -Unknown Author-

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 'If you hear me yell; "Eject, Eject, Eject!", the last two will be echos.'
If you stop to ask "Why?"
you'll be talking to yourself, because you're the pilot.'
-Pre-flight Briefing from a 104 Pilot-

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 '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-

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 'Never trade luck for skill.'
 -Author Unknown-

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 The three most common expressions (or famous last words)
in military aviation are:
'Did you feel that?'
'What's that noise?'
and 'Uh Oh'
or (appended from the Arkansas Air National Guard):
"Hold my beer and watch this!"
 -Authors  Unknown-

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 'Airspeed, altitude and brains.
Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
 -Basic Flight Training Manual-

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 'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation - we have never left one up there!'
 - Unknown Author  -

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 '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-

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 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;
it can just barely kill you.'
- Attributed  to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot) -

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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
-Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB, AZ-

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'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
 - Sign over Carrier Group Operations Desk-

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'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 -

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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 a bloodied pilot and asks,

'What happened?'
The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'

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Remember:
there are more airplanes in the sea, than submarines in the air.