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[RolandL]

"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." - U.S. 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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"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance

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

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"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once."


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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, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop

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"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I
am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71
operating base Kadena , Japan

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

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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."



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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."

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"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying
club."

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"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If
a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot
dies."

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"Never trade luck for skill."

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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh S...!"

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

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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"

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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your flight to a
person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about
it."
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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-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970

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

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


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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!" - Attributed
to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)

 

[Marie]

 
where did you get them from??

[Ken T]

Very good, some sound like common sense, but I'm sure I would forget if in trouble  

Ken

[RolandL]

where did you get them from??

My No1 son goes to Welbeck-Defense 6th form College, near Loughborough. He sends me allsorts of stuff, got a really great set of photos of chinese health n safety. They are embeded in an email but I can't retrieve them