Rules Of The Air:

** Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is  mandatory.

** If you push the stick forward, the houses get  bigger. If you pull the
stick back, they get smaller. That is, unless you keep  pulling the stick
all the way back, then they get bigger again.

** Flying isn't dangerous. Crashing is  dangerous.

** It's always better to be down here wishing you  were up there than up
there wishing you were down here.

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

** The propeller is just a big fan in front of the  plane used to keep the
pilot cool. When it stops, you can actually watch the  pilot start
sweating.

**  When in doubt, hold on to your altitude. No  one has ever collided with
the sky.

** A 'good' landing is one from which you can walk  away. A 'great' landing
is one after which they can use the plane again.

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

** You know you've landed with the wheels up if it  takes full power to
taxi to the ramp.

** The probability of survival is inversely  proportional to the angle of
arrival. Large angle of arrival, small probability  of survival and vice
versa.


** Stay out of clouds. The silver lining everyone  keeps talking about
might be another airplane going in the opposite direction.  Reliable
sources also report that mountains have been known to hide out in  clouds.

** Always try to keep the number of landings you make  equal to the number
of take offs you've made.

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

** 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.

** Helicopters can't fly; they're just so ugly the  earth repels them.

** If all you can see out of the window is ground  that's going round and
round and all you can hear is commotion coming from the  passenger
compartment, things are not at all as they should be.

** In the ongoing battle between objects made of  aluminum going hundreds
of miles per hour and the ground going zero miles per  hour, the ground has
yet to lose.

** Good judgment comes from experience.  Unfortunately, the experience
usually comes from bad judgment.

** It's always a good idea to keep the pointy end  going forward as much as
possible.


** Remember, gravity is not just a good idea. It's  the law. And it's not
subject to repeal.