From: bobworn@aol.com
Subject: SNET: Do's & Don'ts Of Aircraft Use - Thanks Walt
Date: 12 Jul 2000 11:36:34 -0400
To: BOBWORN@aol.com

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Subj:   Dos and donts of using an aircraft?!
Date:   7/12/00 8:54:47 AM CDT
From:   X Iwo Vet
To:      BOB WORN
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 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 plane again. 
(Memorize this, Dave, Please) (Bob)
  
 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 take offs you've made.
  
 15. There 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 judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the
 experience usually comes from bad judgment.
  
 21. It's always a good idea to 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, runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.
  

       


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