WISDOM FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS:

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WISDOM FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS:

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'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.'

- US. Air Force Manual

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

- General Mac Arthur

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

- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.

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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.'

- Infantry Journal

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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, try to keep up with 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 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'

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‘You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'

- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

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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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'Even with ammunition, the U.S. Air Force is 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 have never left one up there!'

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'Flying the airplane is infinitely more important than radioing your plight 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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Airman, maintain thy air speed, lest the earth rise up and smite you!

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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'

Sign over the 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)

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