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Top Ten Signs that You’re an Aviation Addict

You speed dial ATIS You whine and fret on every nice day that you’re not up in the air (instrument students and pilots add low cloudy days) You whine and fret every day that the wx is too bad for flying get DUATS or a wx briefing on days you can’t fly, just [...]

Safety Briefing

Occasionally, airline attendants make an effort to make the “in-flightsafety lecture” a bit more entertaining. Here are some real examplesthat have been heard or reported:

“There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 waysout of this airplane…”

“Your seat cushions can be used for floatation, and in the event [...]

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On Choosing A CoPilot

Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.

Richard Herman, Jr., “Firebreak”

“Falling With Style

That’s not flying, that’s just falling with style.

— Woody, from the 1996 movie ‘Toy Story,’ regarding Buzz Lightyear.

Pilot to Tower

Pilot to Tower: Pilot to tower . . . I am 300 miles from land . . . 600 feet over water . . . and running out of fuel . . . please instruct!

Tower to pilot: Tower to pilot . . . repeat after me: “Our Father, which art in heaven . . [...]

Never make fun of little airplanes!

One day, the pilot of a Cherokee 180 was told by the tower to hold short of the runway while a DC-8 landed. The DC-8 landed, rolled out, turned around, and taxied back past the Cherokee.

Some quick-witted comedian in the DC-8 crew got on the radio and said: “What a cute little plane. Did [...]

Even before the Patriot Act

I ran across the following and was astonished to find that we apparently the U.S. had some really weird airport laws before 9/11! The following are actual laws from a variety of places in the United States

Excerpts from Private Pilot, November 1987

IT IS AGAINST THE LAW FOR A PILOT TO TICKLE A FEMALE [...]

More great aviation quotes – these are from a friend in the military!

‘If the enemy is in range, so are you.’ – Infantry Journal

‘It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.’ – U.S. Air Force Manual

‘Tracers work both ways.’ – U.S. Army Ordnance

‘Five second fuses only last three seconds.’ – Infantry Journal

‘Any ship can be [...]

Good Pilot Philosophies – Humor

This is from one of those emails that seems to have been all over the planet. But in case you missed any, some of these are hysterical.

The difference between a duck and a co-pilot? The duck can fly. A check ride ought to be like a skirt–short enough to be interesting, but long enough [...]