617Dambusters

>>WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUAL
>>
>>"A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least
>>expect it. That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your
>>unit."
>>- Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.
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>>"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher
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>>"When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend. - U.S. Marine
>>Corps
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>>"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are
>>guaranteed to always hit the ground." - USAF Ammo Troop
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>>"If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal
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>>"It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just
>>bombed." - U.S. Air Force Manual
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>>"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never
>>encountered
>>automatic weapons." - General Macarthur
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>>"Try to look unimportant; they may be low on ammo." - Infantry Journal
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>>"You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me." - U.S.
>>Marine
>>Corp Gunnery Sgt.
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>>"Tracers work both ways." - U.S. Army Ordnance
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>>"Five second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal
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>>"Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer
>>to do anything." - U.S. Navy Swabbie
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>>"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - David Hackworth
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>>"If your attack is going too well, you're walking into an ambush." -
>>Infantry Journal
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>>"No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection." - Joe Gay
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>>"Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once."
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>>"Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do." - Unknown Marine
>>Recruit
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>>"Don't draw fire; it irritates the people around you." - Your Buddies
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>>"If you see a bomb technician running, follow him." - USAF Ammo Troop
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>>"Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am
>>at 80,000 Feet and Climbing." - At the entrance to the old SR-71 operating
>>base Kadena , Japan
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>>"You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3." - Paul F.
>>Crickmore (test pilot)
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>>"The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire."
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>>"Blue water Navy truism: There are more planes in the ocean than
>>submarines
>>in the sky." - From an old carrier sailor
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>>"If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a
>>helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe."
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>>"When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough
>>power left to get you to the scene of the crash."
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>>"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying
>>club."
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>>"What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots? If a
>>pilot screws up, the pilot dies; If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies."
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>>"Never trade luck for skill."
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>>The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are:
>>"Why is it doing that?", "Where are we?" And "Oh S...!"
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>>"Progress in airline flying: now a flight attendant can get a pilot
>>pregnant."
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>>"Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully
>>complete the flight."
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>>"A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row
>>is prevarication."
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>>"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."
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>>"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!"
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>>"Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a
>>person
>>on the ground incapable of understanding or doing anything about it."
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>>"The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely
>>kill
>>you." - Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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>>"There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime." - Sign
>>over
>>squadron ops desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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>>"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to."
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>>"You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power
>>to taxi to the terminal."
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>>
>>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 a bloodied pilot and asks "What happened?".
>>
>>The pilot's reply: "I don't know, I just got here myself!" - Attributed to
>>Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)
>>

Here's another one I heard, dunno if it's true.

[SR71 pilot] Request flight level 550 (55,000 feet)

[Air Traffic control] You are cleared to flight level 550, if you think you can make it up that high.

[SR71 pilot] Affirm, descending to flight level 550.

LOL those are all good ones

kiz didnt u have a story about a SR71 like that?

>>"Aim towards the Enemy." - Instruction printed on US Rocket Launcher

this one reminds me of the US Claymore. on the front of it it says "This Side Toward Enemy"

they are great Simon...like the answer from the SR71 pilot; Affirm, descending to flight level 550...even better if its true

FuelPump wrote:Here's another one I heard, dunno if it's true.

[SR71 pilot] Request flight level 550 (55,000 feet)

[Air Traffic control] You are cleared to flight level 550, if you think you can make it up that high.

[SR71 pilot] Affirm, descending to flight level 550.

Same story sniper. However, I did have one on a 200 NM radar scope, working him. 4 sweeps later he's off meh scope. Those were some damned fast planes.

There's another one as well:

A Piper Cub pilot radios the ATC and asks for a groundspeed readout "100 knots" comes back the answer.

Seeing a chance to engage in a little macho gloatig, a Cessna then asks for his groundspeed. '210 knots' comes the answer.

An F18 jock decides he;s going to trump the contest. 823 knots.

Normally that would win it, but there was a Blackbird going through the area at the time. Aftger a groundspeed of 2,400 knots was read out, nobody else piped up for a bit.

Sniper62 wrote:... the US Claymore. on the front of it it says "This Side Toward Enemy"

Yes, that is always fun for everyone who sees it for the first time... (we teach it to every soldier on there first course)

thor wrote:

Sniper62 wrote:... the US Claymore. on the front of it it says "This Side Toward Enemy"

Yes, that is always fun for everyone who sees it for the first time... (we teach it to every soldier on there first course)

Funny enough, but I know I'd much rather have the writing on it, than have some bozo set it up wrong...

lol that is very true

a SGT told us a story where he was teaching a bunch of officers how to set them up and use them and one of the brand new 2nd LTs set it up backwards then was very surprised when the SGT told him he was dead lol

so i guess it does happen... even with the writing on it lol

Sniper62 wrote: ... teaching a bunch of officers how to set them up and use them and one of the brand new 2nd LTs set it up backwards ...

Not sure I like what you are trying to say here sniper!

sign
Capt. Devlin

yes sir! uhhh i mean no sir....uhhh sir i mean your right sir..... *looks down with a shamefull face* should i start pushing now?...

LOL

a full bird COL once told me they look at 2nd LTs as a PVT in the officer world. just coming in, thinking they know everything but know nothing. your a CPT so ur safe