Aviation Rules

* Takeoff's are optional. Landings are mandatory.

* If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger, if you pull
the stick back they get smaller. Unless you keep pulling the stick
back...then they get bigger again.

* Flying is not dangerous; crashing is dangerous.

* The propeller is just a big fan in the front of the plane to keep
the pilot cool. Want proof? Make it stop; then watch the pilot break
out into a sweat.

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

* Every one already knows the definition of a 'good' landing is one
from which you can walk away. But very few know the definition of a
'great landing.' It's one after which you can use the airplane another
time.

* The probability of survival is equal to the angle of arrival.

* A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round
and reciprocating parts going up and down -- all of them trying to
become random in motion. Helicopters can't really fly -- they're just
so ugly that the earth immediately repels them.

* Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to
make all of them yourself.

* There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing:
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.

* The only thing worse than a captain who never flew as co-pilot is a
co-pilot who once was a captain.

* It's easy to make a small fortune in aviation. You start with a large fortune.

* A male pilot is a confused soul who talks about women when he's
flying, and about flying when he's with a woman.

* Try to keep the number of your landings equal to the number of your takeoffs.

* Asking what a pilot thinks about the FAA is like asking a fire
hydrant what it thinks about dogs.