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Greetings!

More aviation words of wisdom from Pat Duncan:
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Aviationisms

The similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies.
If ATC screws up, the pilot dies.

The difference between a duck and a co-pilot? The duck can fly.

A copilot is a knothead until he spots opposite direction traffic at 12 o'clock, after which he's a goof-off for not seeing it sooner.

A checkride ought to be like a skirt, short enough to be interesting but still be long enough to cover everything

Basic Flying Rules
1. Try to stay in the middle of the air.
2. Do not go near the edges of it.
3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.

Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.

It only takes two things to fly, airspeed and money.

The three most dangerous things in aviation are a doctor in a Bonanza, two captains in a DC-9, and a flight attendant with a chipped tooth.

If it doesn't work, rename it. If that doesn't help, the new name isn't long enough.

The difference between flight attendants and jet engines is that the engine usually quits whining when it gets to the gate.

If it's ugly, it's British; if it's weird, it's French; and if it's ugly and weird, it's Russian.

Without ammunition the USAF would be just another expensive flying club.

If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.

Unknown landing signal officer to carrier pilot after his 6th unsuccessful landing: "You've got to land here son, this is where the food is."

It only takes five years to go from rumor to standard operating procedure.

The three best things in life are a good landing, a good orgasm, and a good bowel movement. A night carrier landing is one of the few opportunities to experience all three at the same time.

And last, but not least:

New FAA motto: We're not happy, till you're not happy.