Quote Of The Day...

[Glenn]

Its Back.....


Flying a plane is no different from riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

— Captain Rex Kramer, in the movie 'Airplane.'

[Deakin09]

What is that mountain goat doing way up here in the clouds?

[MNKY1]

Aviation Dictionary

Airspeed: Speed of an airplane. Deduct 25% when listening to a Navy pilot.

Bank: The folks who hold the lien on most pilots' cars.

Cone of Confusion: An area about the size of New Jersey, located near the final approach beacon at an airport.

Crab: The squadron Ops Officer.

Dead Reckoning: You reckon correctly, or you are.

Engine Failure: A condition which occurs when all fuel tanks mysteriously become filled with air.

Firewall: Section of the aircraft specially designed to let heat and smoke enter the cockpit.

Glide Distance: Half the distance from the airplane to the nearest emergency landing field.

Hydroplane: An airplane designed to land on a 20,000 foot long wet runway.

IFR: A method of flying by needle and ripcord.

Lean Mixture: Nonalcoholic beer

Nanosecond: Time delay built into the stall warning system.

Parasitic Drag: A pilot who bums a ride and complains about the service.

Range: Usually about 30 miles beyond the point where all fuel tanks fill with air.

Rich Mixture: What you order at the other guy's promotion party.

Roger: Used when you're not sure what else to say.

Service Ceiling: Altitude at which cabin crews can serve drinks.

Spoilers: The Federal Aviation Administration.

 Stall - Technique used to explain to the bank why you car payment is late.

 

[Glenn]

-Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it-


Glenn.

[Glenn]

"How has retirement affected my golf game? A lot more people beat me now."
Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Zoomer525]

Don't worry about Flight Schedules. Your never late until your not there on time.   

[Polar_aviator]

Aeronautics is neither industry nor science, it is a miracle-Igor Sikorsky

[Deakin09]

The three worst things to hear in the cockpit:
The second officer says, "Opps"
The first officer says, "I have an idea!"
The captain say, "Hey, watch this!"

[Deakin09]

If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn them back off.

[Polar_aviator]

The only 3 things a copilot should ever say:
1. Nice landing sir.
2. I'll buy the first round
3. I'll take the ugly one

[dundrum]

A stockbroker urged Ted to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. Ted told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

[dundrum]

`I love summer in Ireland....it's my favorite day of the year`

Glenn.

[Polar_aviator]

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

[Chas_Smash]

For example, how did we succeed in building flying machines? By imitating the flapping action of winged animals? No! We did it with fixed wings and propellers. Later with jet engines. It may not be how nature did it, but it works --- and does so far better than flapping wings.


Jeff Hawkins (inventor of Palm Pilot and Treo)
in his book "Intelligence on" (a great book and must read to all interested how our brain functions)

[dundrum]

Marriage is like a deck of cards

In the beginning all you need is two hearts and a diamond,
by the end you will wish you had a club and a spade.

Glenn.