Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.
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.
Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is what's
dangerous.
It's always better to be down here wishing you were up
there than up there wishing you were down here.
The ONLY time you have too much fuel is when you're on
fire.
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.
When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No one has ever
collided with the sky.
A "good" landing is one from which you can walk
away. A "great" landing is one after which they can use
the plane again.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long
enough to make all of them yourself.
You know you've landed with the wheels up if it takes
full power to taxi to the ramp.
The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the
angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability of
survival and vice versa.
Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain
didn't get to five minutes earlier.
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.
Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to
the number of take offs you've made.
There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing.
Unfortunately no one knows what they are.
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.
Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the earth
repels them.
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.
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.
Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, the
experience usually comes from bad judgment.
It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going
forward as much as possible.