[Timber Loftis]

WISDOM FROM TRAINING MANUALS

'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.'
>- US.Air Force Manual -
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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never
encountered automatic weapons.'
>- General Mac Art hur -
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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: Fuel in the bowser;
Runway behind you; and 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
echos.'

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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'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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