OBVIOUSLY

DON'T FAIL TO CONSIDER THE OBVIOUS
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"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 Corps Gunnery Sergeant
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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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Clean it, if it's Dirty. Oil it, if it Squeaks. But: Don't Screw with it, if it Works! USAF Electronic Technician
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"If you see a bomb technician running, keep up with him." USAF - Ammo Troop
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"Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing."
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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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A Navigator's Definition of Latitude and Longitude: Latitude is where we are lost. Longitude is how long we've been lost there! USAF Navi-guesser
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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 -- However, it's probably unsafe in any case "
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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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"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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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 out of three are 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 who is 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!"
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