TDI-line
Uber Post Whore
>> FLYING FOR DUMMIES
>>
>> 1. Every take-off is optional. Every landing is mandatary.
>>
>> 2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull
>> the
>> stick back, they get smaller. That is unless you keep pulling the stick
> all the way back, then they get bigger again.
>>
>>
>> 3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is.
>>
>> 4. It is better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up
>> there
>> wishing you were down here.
>>
>> 5. The only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire.
>>
>> 6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep
> the pilot cool. If it stops, watch the pilot sweat.
>>
>>
>>
>> 7. When in doubt, increase your altitude. No one has ever collided with
>> the sky.
>>
>> 8. A good landing is one from which you can walk away. A "great"
>> landing
>> is one after which they can use the plane again.
>>
>>
>>
>> 9. You know you have landed with the wheels up if it takes full power
>> to
>> taxi to the terminal.
>>
>> 10. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle
> of arrival.
>>
>> 11. Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
> five minutes earlier.
>>
>> 12. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining might be another aeroplane.
>> Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide
>> there.
>> 13. Always try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number
> of your take-offs.
>>
>> 14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience.
> The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of
> luck.
>> 15. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience
> usually comes from bad judgment.
>>
>> 16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminium going
> hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the
> ground has
>> yet to loose.
>> 17. Helicopters can't fly, they're just so ugly the Earth repels them.
>>
>> 18. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward.
>>
>> 19. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
>>
>> 20. Gravity is not just a good idea, it's a law. And not subject to
>> appeal.
>>
>> 21. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above
>> you,
>> the runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.
>>
>> 1. Every take-off is optional. Every landing is mandatary.
>>
>> 2. If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. If you pull
>> the
>> stick back, they get smaller. That is unless you keep pulling the stick
> all the way back, then they get bigger again.
>>
>>
>> 3. Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is.
>>
>> 4. It is better to be down here wishing you were up there, than up
>> there
>> wishing you were down here.
>>
>> 5. The only time you have too much fuel is when you are on fire.
>>
>> 6. The propeller is just a big fan in front of the plane used to keep
> the pilot cool. If it stops, watch the pilot sweat.
>>
>>
>>
>> 7. When in doubt, increase your altitude. No one has ever collided with
>> the sky.
>>
>> 8. A good landing is one from which you can walk away. A "great"
>> landing
>> is one after which they can use the plane again.
>>
>>
>>
>> 9. You know you have landed with the wheels up if it takes full power
>> to
>> taxi to the terminal.
>>
>> 10. The probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle
> of arrival.
>>
>> 11. Never let an aircraft take you somewhere your brain didn't get to
> five minutes earlier.
>>
>> 12. Stay out of clouds. The silver lining might be another aeroplane.
>> Reliable sources also report that mountains have been known to hide
>> there.
>> 13. Always try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number
> of your take-offs.
>>
>> 14. You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience.
> The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of
> luck.
>> 15. Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience
> usually comes from bad judgment.
>>
>> 16. In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminium going
> hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the
> ground has
>> yet to loose.
>> 17. Helicopters can't fly, they're just so ugly the Earth repels them.
>>
>> 18. It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end going forward.
>>
>> 19. Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
>>
>> 20. Gravity is not just a good idea, it's a law. And not subject to
>> appeal.
>>
>> 21. The three most useless things to a pilot are the altitude above
>> you,
>> the runway behind you, and a tenth of a second ago.
