What?
a collection of profound aviation aphorisms

All over the world covert terms are used to hide what we really mean. This also applies to aviation.

An emergency landing is called a precautionary landing.
When two planes barely miss each other we speak about a near-miss when it should be a near-hit according to American comedian George Carlin.
A direct hit is a near-miss.
Time to go through the hard laws of piloting.




1.

Every take-off is a choice, every landing is an obligation.


 

  
2.

If you push the steering stick forward houses will get bigger.
If you pull the stick backward houses will get smaller.
But if you keep pulling, after some time houses will certainly get bigger again.




 




 




 
3.


 		 The one and only time you have to much fuel is when your aircraft is on fire.



  
4.




A propeller is nothing else than a big ventilator at the front of the aircraft to keep the pilot cool.
As soon as it stops you will see that he will start to sweat big time.




 

 




 
5.



 When in doubt always watch your altitude. Nobody ever crashed with the air.



  
6 .

Try to keep the number of landings equal with the number of take-offs. 



  

 




 
7.




 There are three simple rules for making a perfect landing.
Unfortunately nobody knows these rules.



  
8.




 You start your career with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience.
The point is to get the bag of experience filled up before the bag of luck empties out.



  
9.


 		 Helicopters can’t fly, they are just so damn ugly that the earth pushes them away.



  
10.



 		 There are three superfluous things for a pilot, the height above you, the runway behind and a tenth of a second ago.




  

 




 
11.


 		 Keep looking around, there is always something you have not seen.



  

 





 
12.



 

In the never ending battle between aluminium things moving at a few hundred kilometres per hour and the earth standing still, the earth has never lost.




  


The flying Dutchman, D-KFDI

 

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