Quoted:


Flying Rules

This appeared in Australian Aviation Magazine (June, 2000 issue?)



1. Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.



2. 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.



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



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

up there wishing you were down here.



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



6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane, used to keep

the pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the pilot start sweating.



7. When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever collided

with the sky.



8. A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk away. A 'great'

landing is one after which  they can use the airplane again.



9. Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to

make all of them yourself.



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

taxi to the ramp.



11. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle

of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of survival and vice versa.



12. Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to

five minutes earlier.



13. 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.



14. Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number

of takeoffs you've made.



15. Therre are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. Unfortunately

no one knows what they are.



16. 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.



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



18. 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.



19. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of

miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.



20. Good judgement comes from experience. Unfortunately, the experience usually

comes from bad judgement.



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



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



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



24. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above you, the runway

behind you, and a tenth of a second ago. the fuel you left back at the FBO.

Fixed.