instuction manual quotes!

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as much as i dislike just copy and pasting,some of these made me smile! :)

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]WISDOM FROM TRAINING MANUALS


'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Infantry Journal[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US.Air Force Manual -[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword, obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General Douglas MacArthur -[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Tracers work both ways.'
- Army Ordnance Manual-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Five second fuses last about three seconds.'
- Infantry Journal -[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
- Naval Ops Manual -[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do.'
- Unknown Infantry Recruit-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up to him.'
- Infantry Journal-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'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-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
- Paul F. Crickmore (SR71 test pilot)-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
- Unknown Author-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage it has to be a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
- Fixed Wing Pilot-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'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-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Without ammunition, the Air Force is just an expensive flying club.'
-Unknown Author-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'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 ****ing pilot.'
-Pre-flight Briefing from a Canadian F104 Pilot-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'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-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Never trade luck for skill.'
-Author Unknown-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'Airspeed, altitude and brains . Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
-Basic Flight Training Manual-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'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-[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Verdana]'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.'
- Attributed to Max Stanley ( Northrop test pilot) -[/FONT][/COLOR]