cavanami Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 WISDOM FROM TRAINING MANUALS 'If the enemy is in range, so are you.' - Infantry Journal - 'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.' - US.Air Force Manual - 'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.' - General MacArthur - 'Tracers work both ways.' - Army Ordnance Manual- 'Five second fuses last about three seconds.' - Infantry Journal - 'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.' - Naval Ops Manual - 'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.' - Unknown Infantry Recruit- 'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.' - Infantry Journal- '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- 'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.' - Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)- 'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.' - Unknown Author- 'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.' - Fixed Wing Pilot- '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- 'Without ammunition, the Air Forceis just an expensive flying club.' -Unknown Author- '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- '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- 'Never trade luck for skill.' -Author Unknown- The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in military aviation are: 1) "Did you feel that?" 2) "What's that noise?, and 3) "Oh Shit!" -Authors Unknown- 'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.' -Basic Flight Training Manual- '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- 'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;it can just barely kill you.' - Attributed to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot) - 'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.' -Sign over Squadron Ops Desk at Davis-Montham AFB , AZ- '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 - 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 the bloodied pilot and asks,'What happened?' The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Why does an infantry journal have advice to pilots and minesweeping ships? Or a navy manual advice on platoon sergeants? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyebee Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Because the references are under the quote, not above... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Agreed.......Cav.....you might have fucked up on the way the wisdom is received from which manual. Your training will begin Friday at Los Cabos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted August 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'll be there, front and center...with my usual brain dead head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pom Michael Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Sure about that? Not if I can help it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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