It's better to be down here wishing you were up there, than to be up there wishing you were down here.
An airplane will probably fly a little bit over gross, but it won't fly without fuel.
Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.
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 'em off.
Never let an airplane take you somewhere your brain didn't get to five minutes earlier.
Too many pilots are found in the wreckage with their hands around a microphone or holding onto a keyboard. Don't drop the aircraft in order to fly the microphone.
An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi.
Fly it until the last piece stops moving.
No one has ever collided with the sky.
Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds.
A thunderstorm is natures way of saying "Up yours."
Keep looking around, there's always something you missed.
Remember, you're always a student in an airplane.
Any pilot who does not at least privately consider himself the best in the business is in the wrong business.
It's best to keep the pointed end going forward as much as possible.
Hovering is for pilots who love to fly, but have no place to go.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
A jet fighter in the air is a dual emergency: Low on fuel and on fire. A single engine jet is a triple emergency.
The only thing worse than a captain who never flew copilot is a copilot who was once a captain.
A terminal forecast is a horoscope with numbers.
Takeoffs are optional. Landings are mandatory.
The first thing every pilot does after making a gear up landing is to put the gear handle down.
A "good" landing is one which you can walk away from. A great landing is one which lets you use the airplane another time.
A good simulator check ride is like successful surgery on a cadaver.
Good judgment comes from experience. Good experience comes from someone
else's bad judgment.
An airplane may disappoint a good pilot, but it won't surprise him.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You won't live long enough to make them all yourself.
Things which do you no good in aviation:
A smooth touchdown in a simulator is about as exciting as kissing your sibling.
Three things kill young pilots in Alaska: weather, weather and weather.
Fuel is life.