Military Lore and Wisdom

[RonE]

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

- Infantry Journal-



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

- US.Air Force Manual -



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

- General MacArthur -



'You, you, and you .... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.'

- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.-



'Tracers work both ways.'

U.S. Army Ordnance Manual-



'Five second fuses only last three seconds.'

-Infantry Journal -



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

-Basic Flight Training Manual-



'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'

- Maritime Ops Manual -



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

- Unknown Marine Recruit-



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

-USAF Ammo Troop-



'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-



'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach3.'

-Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-



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

Unknown Author-



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

- Fixed Wing Pilot-



'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-



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

-Unknown Author-



'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-



'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 S...!' or(appended from the Arkansas Air National Guard):"Hold my beer and watch this!"

-Authors Unknown-



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

-Basic Flight Training Manual-



'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation -

we have never left one up there!'

- Unknown Author -



'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-



'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'

- Sign over Carrier Group Operations Desk-



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

- Lead-in Fight er 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 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.

[The Duck Hammer]

good stuff

[waterfowlman]

Funny Stuff.

And pretty damn true.