Training manual wisdoms;
'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.'
- USAF Manual
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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur a**
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''You, you, and you ... Panic !"

"The rest of you, come with me !''
- Infantry Sgt.-
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''Tracers work both ways.''
- Army Ordnance Manual-
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''Five second fuses last about three seconds.''
- Infantry Journal
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The three most useless things in aviation are:

1. Fuel in the tanker truck;

2. Runway behind you;

3. The Air above you.
-Basic Flight Training Manual-
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''Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.''
- Naval Ops Manual -
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''Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.''
- Unknown Infantry Recruit-
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'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.'
- Infantry Journal-
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''Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.''
- Sign over SR71 Wing Ops-
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''You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.''
-Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-
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''The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.''
-Unknown Author-
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''If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.''
- Fixed Wing Pilot-
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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.''
-Multi-Engine Training Manual-
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''Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.''
-Unknown Author-
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''If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject, Eject !", the last two will be echoes.' If you stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be the pilot.'
-Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot-
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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots ?


If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; but If ATC screws up, .... the pilot dies.'
-Sign over Control Tower Door-
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'Never trade luck for skill.'
-Author Unknown-
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are:

''Did you feel that ?''

''What's that noise ?''
and
''Oh S@#*...!''
-Authors Unknown-
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'Airspeed, altitude and brains.

Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training Manual-
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'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.'
- Emergency Checklist-
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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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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
-Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis -Montham AFB, AZ-
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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'

- Lead-in Fighter Training Manual -
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