[Heathkit] Fw: Oh So True

[Bob Macklin]

These have been through here before.

Bob/Dad

Subject: Oh So True





  "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 Corp 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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  "If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop 
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  "Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I 
  am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71
   operating base Kadena, Japan
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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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  "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 ... and therefore, unsafe."
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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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  "Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying
   club."
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  "What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? 
  If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up ... the pilot dies."
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   "Never trade luck for skill."
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  The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation
  are:
   "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" and "Oh Shit!" 
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   "Airspeed, altitude and brains. 
  Two are always 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 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!" 
  Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot) 

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