Two pilots were discussing the merits of a twin-engine, propeller-driven aircraft undergoing service trials.
“How does it handle?” asked the pilot who hadn’t yet flown the new plane.
“Oh, it’s not bad,” was the reply.
“How is it in asymmetric flight? One engine out?”
After thinking for a moment, the other pilot replied, “That’s where it becomes tricky. If one engine quits, the other engine immediately takes you to the scene of the crash.”
I got bigger fish to fly - Archie Bunker
Breathing dreams like air. - F Scott Fitzgerald
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. - Unknown
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. - William Henry Hudson
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? - Frida Kahlo
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. - Mel Brooks
He imagines a necessary joy in things that must fly to eat. - Wendell Berry
If God wanted us to fly, he would have given us air tickets. - Mel Brooks
It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. - Richard J. Ferris
Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying... Spring Flight - Eileen Granfors
If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space? - Valentina Tereshkova
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. - Alexander Graham Bell
I love Halloween: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner. - Evan Peters
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. - Al Gore
It's OK to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. - Rob Gilbert
There are two kind of air travel in the United States, first class and third world. - Bobby Slayton
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - Lanston Hughes
He who waits for a roast duck to fly into his mouth must wait a very, very long time. - Chinese Proverb
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. - Chinese Proverb
You can't fly with the owls by night and expect to keep up with the eagles during the day. - Unknown
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do. - Golda Meir
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. - Jack Benny
I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell. - Michael Moore
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. - Mark Russell
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. - Muhammad Ali
Give me my golf clubs, fresh air, and a beautiful partner, and you can keep my golf clubs and the fresh air. - Jack Benny
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
So just what are time flies, and why do they fly like an arrow? - Groucho Marx
A tom cat hijacked a plane, stuck a pistol into the pilot's ribs and demanded, "Take me to the Canaries." - Bob Monkhouse
The only people flying to Europe will be terrorists, so it will be, "Will you be sitting in armed or unarmed?" - Robin Williams
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know so it goes flying anyway. - Mary Kay Ash
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. - Robert Orben
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. - Henry David Thoreau
It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. - Benjamin Franklin
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. - Henry David Thoreau
Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it's a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline. - Harvey Mackay
If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? - George Carlin
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist is a man who collects the rent. - Lord Webb-Johnson
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. - Franklin D Roosevelt
Love is like jumping out of an airplane with no parachute. But there’s no need to be frightened, because that plane is still on the ground. - Jarod Kintz
Breathing dreams like air. - F Scott Fitzgerald
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. - Lord Kelvin
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. - Unknown
You cannot fly like an eagle with the wings of a wren. - William Henry Hudson
Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly? - Frida Kahlo
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. - Mel Brooks
He imagines a necessary joy in things that must fly to eat. - Wendell Berry
If God wanted us to fly, he would have given us air tickets. - Mel Brooks
It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. - Richard J. Ferris
Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying... Spring Flight - Eileen Granfors
If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space? - Valentina Tereshkova
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. - Alexander Graham Bell
I love Halloween: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner. - Evan Peters
Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. - Al Gore
It's OK to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them to fly in formation. - Rob Gilbert
There are two kind of air travel in the United States, first class and third world. - Bobby Slayton
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly. - Lanston Hughes
He who waits for a roast duck to fly into his mouth must wait a very, very long time. - Chinese Proverb
The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. - Chinese Proverb
You can't fly with the owls by night and expect to keep up with the eagles during the day. - Unknown
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there is nothing you can do. - Golda Meir
Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. - Jack Benny
I want the pilot flying me up in the air at 30,000 feet to make more than a guy working at Taco Bell. - Michael Moore
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. - Mark Russell
I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own. - Muhammad Ali
Give me my golf clubs, fresh air, and a beautiful partner, and you can keep my golf clubs and the fresh air. - Jack Benny
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
So just what are time flies, and why do they fly like an arrow? - Groucho Marx
A tom cat hijacked a plane, stuck a pistol into the pilot's ribs and demanded, "Take me to the Canaries." - Bob Monkhouse
The only people flying to Europe will be terrorists, so it will be, "Will you be sitting in armed or unarmed?" - Robin Williams
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know so it goes flying anyway. - Mary Kay Ash
There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all. - Robert Orben
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them. - Henry David Thoreau
It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. - Benjamin Franklin
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. - Henry David Thoreau
Southwest Airlines is successful because the company understands it's a customer service company. It also happens to be an airline. - Harvey Mackay
If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? - George Carlin
A neurotic is a man who builds a castle in the air. A psychotic is the man who lives in it. And a psychiatrist is a man who collects the rent. - Lord Webb-Johnson
A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people. - Franklin D Roosevelt
Love is like jumping out of an airplane with no parachute. But there’s no need to be frightened, because that plane is still on the ground. - Jarod Kintz
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Duct Tape Plane
How Not To Prop Start Your Plane
Lutheran Airlines - New Service in Minnesnowta
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Pilot Prop Job
Plane Loses Propeller
Plane Oops!
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Punjabi Airways
Redneck Plane Repair
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