Wisdom - from the manual

"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." --U.S. Air Force Manual

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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." -- General MacArthur

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"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." -- U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.

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"Tracers work both ways." -- U.S. Army Ordnance

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"Five second fuses only last three seconds." -- - Infantry Journal

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"Any ship can be a minesweeper....Once."

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"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." -- Unknown Marine Recruit

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Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks. But: Don't Mess with it, if it Works! -- USAF Electronic Technician

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"If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him." -- USAF - Ammo Troop

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"Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."

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"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." -- Paul F. Crickmore ( test pilot )

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A Navigator's Definition of Latitude & Longitude: Latitude is Where We are Lost, & Longitude is How Long We've been Lost There! -- USAF Navi-guesser

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"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."

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"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter --
However, it's probably unsafe in any case "

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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."

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"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a pilot fowls up, the pilot dies; If ATC fowls up, .... The pilot dies."

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" Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two out of three are needed to successfully complete the flight."

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"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation. We never left one up there!"

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"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground who is incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."

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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-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970

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"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."

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"You know that your landing gear is up and locked When it takes FULL power to taxi to the terminal."

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As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, "What happened?" The pilot's reply: "I don 't know, I just got here myself