A sleek, black space shuttle orbiting Earth. The shuttle has a pointed nose and two large engines at the rear. One engine compartment is open, revealing a smaller spacecraft docked on top. Earth’s blue atmosphere and white clouds form the backdrop, with the sun casting a bright light from the upper left. The scene conveys advanced space technology and exploration, highlighting the shuttle’s futuristic design against the vastness of space and the curvature of the planet below.

Wisdom of the Aviator

  • ‘Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing.’
  • ‘You’ve never been lost until you’ve been lost at Mach 3.’

    – Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)

  • ‘The only time you have too much fuel is when you’re on fire.’
  • ‘If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it’s probably a helicopter — and therefore, unsafe.’
  • ‘When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.’
A comic-style collage titled "Military Wisdom & Proverbs," featuring soldiers, a plane, parachutists, and hands handling a grenade pin. Text bubbles contain military advice and sayings, some with humorous misspellings or scrambled words. Examples include phrases about fuses, bombing zones, and readiness. One soldier aims a rifle saying, "If the enemy is in range, so are you," while a shouting officer commands, "You, you, and ... Panic." The background uses military colors with insignia and explosive sound effects like "BOOM."

Military Wisdom and Proverbs

  • ‘If the enemy is in range, so are you….’

    – Infantry Journal

  • ‘It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.’

    – U.S. Air Force Manual

  • ‘Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.’

    – General MacArthur

  • ‘You, you, and you …. Panic. The rest of you, come with me.’

    – U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt.