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Thread ID: 106439 2010-01-08 07:38:00 It's In The Training Manual SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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847064 2010-01-08 07:38:00 "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 Sgt .

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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 & 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 S_ _ _!"

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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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"So, Mr . s Woods, how many times did you hit Tiger?"

"Put me down for a three . "

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Get Firefox here: http://www . mozilla . org/ 		SurferJoe46 (51)
847065 2010-01-08 15:33:00 ?? Macarthur really say that, dont sound pompus enough for him?? angry (15305)
847066 2010-01-08 20:56:00 Those of us living in New Zealand don't live in the US made-up "Conspricy" World. :( Zippity (58)
847067 2010-01-08 22:35:00 Maybe Zippity needs to ask the mods to change his username to "Grumpy".

This is the second thread in a row today that I have read where he has used the "Unsmiley Face" emoticon for no apparent reason... 		johcar (6283)
847068 2010-01-09 01:44:00 You counting, or you stalking me? :)

And the 'unsmiley' indicates dissatisfaction :( you got a problem with that? 		Zippity (58)
847069 2010-01-09 01:53:00 Not at all - on either count. Just an observation. :) johcar (6283)
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