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“A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit.”- Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.------------------------------------------------------“Aim towards the Enemy.”- Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher------------------------------------------------------"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.- U.S. Marine Corps------------------------------------------------------“Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground.”- USAF Ammo Troop------------------------------------------------------“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------------------------------------------------------“Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.”- General Macarthur-----------------------------------------------------"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal------------------------------------------------------“You, you, and you, ... Panic! The rest of you, come with me.”- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.------------------------------------------------------"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance- -----------------------------------------------------"Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal-------------------------------------------------------“Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything.”- U.S. Navy Swabbie---------------------------------------------------"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - David Hackworth-------------------------------------------------------"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush." - Infantry Journal- --------------------------------------------------------"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay------------------------------------------------------“Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.”------------------------------------------------------"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Marine Recruit-------------------------------------------------------"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies-------------------------------------------------------"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop-------------------------------------------------------"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating base Kadena, Japan-------------------------------------------------------"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)-------------------------------------------------------“The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.”-------------------------------------------------------"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than submarines in the sky." - From an old carrier sailor------------------------------------------------------“If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.”-------------------------------------------------------“When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.”-------------------------------------------------------“Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.”-------------------------------------------------------“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.”-------------------------------------------------------“Never trade luck for skill.”-------------------------------------------------------The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: "Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh Shit!"------------------------------------------------------“Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot pregnant.”-------------------------------------------------------“Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.”-------------------------------------------------------“A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is prevarication.”-------------------------------------------------------“I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous.”---------------------------------------------------------“Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!”-------------------------------------------------------“Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it.”--------------------------------------------------------“The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.”- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)-------------------------------------------------------“There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.”- Sign over squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970---------------------------------------------------------“If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.”---------------------------------------------------------“You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.”--------------------------------------------------------------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!" - Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
