ing the conditions for the homeless children too.
It is an incredible time of the year here in White Rock, South Surrey and the Semiahmoo Peninsula.
Staff of White Rock City Hall.
'If the enemy is in range, so are
you.'
- Infantry
Journal-
'It is generally inadvisable to eject
directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US.Air
Force Manual -
'Whoever said the pen is mightier than
the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General MacArthur
-
'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest
of you, come with me.'
- Infantry Sgt.-
'Tracers work both
ways.'
- Army
Ordnance Manual-
'Five second fuses last about three
seconds.'
-
Infantry Journal -
The three most useless things in
aviation are: Fuel in the bowser; Runway behind you;
and Air above you.
-Basic
Flight Training Manual-
'Any ship can be a minesweeper.
Once.'
- Naval
Ops Manual -
'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you
have nothing to do.'
- Unknown
Infantry Recruit-
'If you see a bomb technician running,
try to keep up to him.'
- Infantry Journal-
'Yea, Though I Fly Through the Valley
of the Shadow of Death, I Shall Fear No Evil. For I
am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
- Sign over SR71 Wing
Ops-
'You've never been lost until you've
been lost at Mach 3.'
-Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test
pilot)-
'The only time you have too much fuel
is when you're on fire.'
-Unknown Author-
'If the wings are traveling faster
than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore,
unsafe.'
- Fixed
Wing Pilot-
'When one engine fails on a
twin-engine airplane, you
always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the
crash.'
-Multi-Engine Training
Manual-
'Without ammunition, the Air
Force is just an expensive flying
club.'
-Unknown Author-
'If you hear me yell;"Eject, Eject,
Eject!", the last two will be echos.'
If you
stop to ask "Why?", you'll be talking to yourself, because by then you'll be
the pilot.'
-Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104
Pilot-
'What is the similarity between air
traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies;
but if ATC
screws up .... the pilot dies.'
-Sign over Control Tower
Door-
'Never trade luck for
skill.'
-Author Unknown-
The three most common expressions (or
famous last words) in
military aviation are:'Did you feel that?' 'What's that noise?' and'Oh
S...!'
-Authors Unknown-
'Airspeed, altitude and
brains. Two
are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training
Manual-
'Flying the airplane is more important
than radioing your plight to a
person on the ground incapable of understanding or
doing anything about it.'
- Emergency Checklist-
'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-Montham AFB,
AZ-
'You know that your landing gear is up
and locked when it takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
- Lead-in Fighter Training Manual -
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 the bloodied pilot and asks,'What
happened?'
The
pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'
