From: Edwards Samuel H

The RF-4E Phantom - Living proof that if you put enough engine on
something... even a BRICK could fly!
From: Alan Batie

"We made some history here. We put the first planned hole on
Mars," said Stephen Gorevan, a scientist handling some of
Spirit's workload.
From: www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23402-2001Nov13.html

In a discussion of foreign objects in jet engines:
Most of the incidents at Kennedy happened at Runway 31L, where
Flight 587 took off. Pilots using that runway reported 139
incidents, at least 62 of which involved gulls. Other animals
included barn owls, larks, sparrows, homing pigeons, a peregrine
falcon and a jackrabbit.
[A jackrabbit?]
From: Andrew Boyd

"Eagles may soar, but wolverines never get sucked into jet air
intakes."
From: Bill Anderson

In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are
usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.
From: Henry Spencer

For perfect safety... sit on a fence and watch the birds.
From: Theo Van Dinter

I'm not afraid of flying, I'm afraid of crashing.
From: Sysop /BBS/

You know you landed gear up when it takes full power to taxi.
From: Gary Oliver

Advice from the B-29 pilot's manual, on dropping cargo via parachute:

"CAUTION: Do not attach static line to any part of one's body when
throwing equipment through the opening."
From: The Cleaner

" . . . the ground wins 100% of the time."
From: ALBERT DOBYNS

~How to fly: Up? Pull back on stick. Down? Pull farther!
From: Mark Drela

First Law of Aviation:
"Takeoff is optional, landing is compulsory"
From: Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey

During the first and second stage flights of the vehicle, if a
serious irretrievable fault should occur and the deviation of the
flight attitude of the vehicle exceeds a predetermined value, the
attitude self-destruction system will make the vehicle self-destroyed.
Ministry of Astronautics, People's Republic of China (1985)
From: Kelly Martin

"The aircraft went divergent in the lateral axis and impacted
the ground."
From: Cheng-Jih Chen

I bet the main reason the police keep people away from a plane crash
is they don't want anybody walking in and lying down in the crash
stuff, then, when somebody comes up, act like they just woke up
and go, "What was THAT?!"
From: anonymous

Flight: The uncanny ability to avoid hitting the ground.
From: Steinn Sigurdsson

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care.
From: anonymous

It is said that GOD doesn't subtract from ones' time on earth, those
hours spent flying.
From: Frank Stutzman

Sheridan's rule of aircraft ownership:
'The less you fly, the more it costs.
The more you fly, the more it costs.`
From: anonymous

COMBAT AIRCRAFT:
A mix of sharp teeth, cold steel, cosmic warlords,
and evil spirits.
From: David Guyer

An unknown Aerodynamicist once said:
Anything will fly,
They just have different glideslopes!
From: Mary Shafer

Ms. Shafer knows two things about aircraft propulsion.
1. Some aircraft have propellers, some don't.
2. Some aircraft without propellers have afterburners, some don't.

Ms. Shafer has tried to keep this pristine ignorance intact, but it's
difficult when she keeps being assigned to projects like the F-15
HIDEC (Highly-Integrated Digital Engine Technology), NASP, and the
DC-X.
From: fred j mccall 575-3539

"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the
balls to live in the real world."
From: Mary Shafer

You should beware of test pilots bearing wine.
In fact, you should beware of test pilots.

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