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From the Flight Deck
by Kevin R. Dingman
Piloty Pearls of Wisdom
Axioms of Aviation Abound
There are a plethora of maxims that illustrate the importance of risk assessment in aviation. Most have come at the expense of our fellow aviators, bringing forth a few grey hairs – or worse. Here are some broadly recognized aviation proverbs:
• Even more so than the sea, aviation is unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect.
• Maintain thine airspeed lest the ground arise and smite thee.
• Never let an airplane take you somewhere that your mind hasn’t already been.
• There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but no old, bold pilots.
• These things have no value to a pilot: altitude above you, runway behind you and fuel in the truck.
• There are those that have, and there are those that will.
• Much better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than in the air wishing you were on the ground.
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