Lets hear some aviation quotes

[Frank Browne]

My favorite by far...

I fly to release my mind from the tyranny of petty things. -Saint Ex

 

[John Baker]

My favorite will always be;

"Fly low, keep your head down, stay cool."

~ Daffy Duck

 

[1600vw]

It takes two things to fly....Money and more money...

 

[txflyer]

No one has said the classic yet?


"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old and bold pilots."

 

[Graueradler]

A mile of highway will take you a mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere.

 

[Warrior]

I like the cockpit voice recording of a commercial jet where they are about to crash on one of the large Canadian Islands:

"You were right, Captain."

 

[simie1]

A mile of highway will take you a mile. A mile of runway will take you anywhere.

That's the one I was going to post. Never could find who said it . . .

 

[RevDMV]

You can only tie for the lowest altitude

 

[Hawker800]

Isaac Newton's law "What goes up must come down" does not apply to aircraft with retractable gear.

 

[Sac Arrow]

"I wonder what this button does?"

-Christa McAuliffe

 

[MAKG1]

"I wonder what this button does?"

-Christa McAuliffe

The Challenger was not brought down by an incorrect input.

I think what you meant is "If the primary O-ring fails, the secondary will seal," from Larry Mulloy, NASA SRB chief at MSFC. Feynman had a field day with his astounding misunderstanding of redundancy.

 

[Sac Arrow]

The Challenger was not brought down by an incorrect input.

I think what you meant is "If the primary O-ring fails, the secondary will seal," from Larry Mulloy, NASA SRB chief at MSFC. Feynman had a field day with his astounding misunderstanding of redundancy.

Dude it was a joke (although perhaps distasteful.) And not my own.

 

[Fearless Tower]

Dude it was a joke (although perhaps distasteful.) And not my own.

And why did NASA switch to Sprite?

 

[MarkZ]

"Lighten up, Francis"


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[Clark1961]

And why did NASA switch to Sprite?

'cause they couldn't get 7 up...

 

[N801BH]

And Christa McAuliffe had blue eyes.............

One blew to the left and the other one blew to the right........

 

[MAKG1]

Dude it was a joke (although perhaps distasteful.) And not my own.

Well, those things are funny when they have an ounce of truth in them. That one didn't.

How about, "We can just reuse the fuel control system from an Arianne 4 on an Arianne 5, right?"

 

[Clark1961]

Well, those things are funny when they have an ounce of truth in them. That one didn't.

How about, "We can just reuse the fuel control system from an Arianne 4 on an Arianne 5, right?"

feet, meters, what's the diff?

 

[Sac Arrow]

Mental note to self. Bite tongue at the next Norcal POA fly in, when contemplating joke.

 

[N801BH]

feet, meters, what's the diff?

Only when landing on Mars.............

 

[Captain]

"Let me show ya sumthin I learned in the Navy.."

Best said on short final with a new copilot.

 

[docmirror]

'Man, that is the widest runway I've ever seen'.

'Yeah, but look how short it is.'

 

[AdamZ]

"Its not flying I'm afraid of, its Crashing"