This week, I’ve got a few more of my favorite Naval Aviator “Birdman Wisdom.”
There are old fighter pilots, and there are bold fighter pilots, but there are no old and bold fighter pilots!
You know you’ve landed with the wheels up if it takes full power to taxi to the ramp.
It’s always better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up there wishing you were down here.
The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. Large angle of arrival equals small probability of survival and vice versa.
It is not a good idea to eject over an area you have just bombed.
Northrop’s Law of Aeronautical Engineering – When the weight of the paperwork equals the weight of the airplane, the airplane will fly.
Similarities between air traffic controllers (ATC) and pilots: If a pilot screws up he dies. If ATC screws up the pilot dies.
There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.
Though I fly through the valley of death I shall fear no evil, for I am at 80,000 feet and climbing. (Sign at entrance to SR-71 area Kadena AFB Okinawa)
You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.
It takes a college degree to break ’em and a high school diploma to fix ’em.
Helicopters don’t fly. They are so ugly that the earth actually repels them.
Remember the 7 “P’s”: Perfect Planning and Practice Prevents Piss Poor Performance.