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Three useless things to a pilot
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k***@gmail.com
2015-11-20 00:47:38 UTC
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I was also taught: The air at the top of the fuel tank.
f***@gmail.com
2015-12-03 04:14:51 UTC
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Just a thought for all you students (as well as the rest
I saw a poster years ago (while I was a Civil Air Patrol
cadet) that showed a new angel ascending to heaven
and a crashed airplane far below. He was asking the
question, "Can you name the three most useless things
to a pilot? To save my life, I couldn't."
1) Altitude below you.
2) Runway behind you.
3) Fuel in a fuel truck.
I'm still involved with Civil Air Patrol (alas, not as a cadet
anymore). If any one has any other similar diddies, I
would love to hear about them. I can then share them
with the cadets in my unit.
If the World is spinning around outside and there is a commotion back in the passenger cabin, things are not as they should be.
f***@gmail.com
2015-12-03 04:25:04 UTC
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If any one has any other similar diddies, I
would love to hear about them. I can then share them
with the cadets in my unit.
No pilot has ever complained about having too much fuel...
unless the plane was on fire.

It is generally better to keep the pointy end going forward...

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.

Flying is far safer than the sailing.
Many ships have been lost at sea...
No planes have ever been stuck up in the sky.

Take-offs are optional...
Landings are mandatory.

Flying is safe...
Crashing is dangerous.

The probability of surviving a landing is inversely proportional to the angle of entry. The lower the angle of entry, the higher the chance of survival (the inverse is also true).
a***@gmail.com
2020-03-01 05:44:10 UTC
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Disagree with 1). Should be "Sky above you"
Just a thought for all you students (as well as the rest
I saw a poster years ago (while I was a Civil Air Patrol
cadet) that showed a new angel ascending to heaven
and a crashed airplane far below. He was asking the
question, "Can you name the three most useless things
to a pilot? To save my life, I couldn't."
1) Altitude below you.
2) Runway behind you.
3) Fuel in a fuel truck.
I'm still involved with Civil Air Patrol (alas, not as a cadet
anymore). If any one has any other similar diddies, I
would love to hear about them. I can then share them
with the cadets in my unit.
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