Best Flying Quotes of All Time
Here is a collection of our favorite humorous aviation quotes of all time.
People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening. .
A student became lost during a solo cross-country flight. While attempting to locate the aircraft on radar, ATC asks, "What was your last known position?" The reply: "When I was number one for takeoff".
If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
Experience is the knowledge that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
The Six P's: Proper Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance.
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.
What's the difference between God and pilots? God doesn't think he's a pilot.
Good judgment comes from experience. Unfortunately, experience usually comes from bad judgment.
Gravity, it's not just a good idea, it's the law.
You can only tie the record for low flying.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No-one has ever collided with the sky.
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, you've obviously overlooked something.
Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
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.
In the ongoing battle between objects made of aluminum going hundreds of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per hour, the ground has yet to lose.
Keep looking around. There's always something you've missed.
It's a good landing if you can still get the doors open.
If all you can see out the window is ground that's going round and round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the passenger compartment, things are not at all as they should be.
