Aviation Wisdom Part Duex

"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed." U.S. Air Force Manual

"Tracers work both ways."

Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks. But, Don't Screw with it, if it Works! USAF Electronic Technician

A Navigator's Definition of Latitude & Longitude: Latitude is Where We are Lost, & Longitude is How Long We've been Lost There! USAF Navi-guesser

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

"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- however, it's probably unsafe in any case."

"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash."

"Even with ammunition, the USAF is just another expensive flying club." Unknown disgruntled Grunt

”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."

"Never trade luck for skill.

The 3 most common expressions (or famous last words), in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?" "Where are we?" & "Oh No!"

"Airspeed, altitude and brains - 2 out of 3 are needed to successfully complete the flight."

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

"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."

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

Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970 "If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."

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!"

h/t to Rob!