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There are old pilots and there are bold pilots. Son..there ain't no old, bold pilots.  :o

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First thing I was taught. Second was, the two most useless things in the world are altitude above you, and runway behind you.

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Check out the link below, plenty of video of planes flying, and if you search for dangerous / extreme conditions vids you get some awesome videos of planes landing / flying in extreme conditions.

 

Flying videos

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Trucks.

 

Busses are not "flying".

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There are videos of military/private and commercial flights.  God forbid you look around for a minute.

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My bad, I'm sorry. God forbid. I took a friend under a bridge once, but not upside down. I thought it was kinda cool.

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Looks like a Yak...hard to tell. I believe the 55's are the most popular version and the 50's are pretty rare. 52's are trainers.

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Looks like one...but the Yak-55 has a bubble canopy; the plane in the video doesn't (as far as I can tell - it's tough to be sure). The trailing edge of the wing looks a little off, too. Could be, though.

 

At any rate, it handles like a Yak. :(

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Subject: Airborne signs--

 

 

 

 

"If the enemy is in range, so are you."

- Infantry Journal

 

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"Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."

- General Macarthur

 

"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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"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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"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 sh--!"

 

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"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers."

 

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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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"I remember when sex was safe and flying was dangerous."

 

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"Flashlights are tubular metal containers kept in a flight bag for the purpose of storing dead batteries."

 

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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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"When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten."

 

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"Just remember, if you crash because of weather, your funeral will be held on a sunny day."

 

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Advice given to RAF pilots during WWII: "When a prang (crash) seems inevitable, endeavor to strike the softest, cheapest object in the vicinity as slow and gently as possible."

 

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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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"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum."

- Jon McBride, astronaut

 

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"If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible."

- Bob Hoover (renowned aerobatic and test pilot)

 

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"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you."

 

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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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Basic Flying Rules: "Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. 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."

 

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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)

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