{"id":2775,"date":"2002-09-23T14:56:38","date_gmt":"2002-09-23T19:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=2775"},"modified":"2002-09-23T14:56:38","modified_gmt":"2002-09-23T19:56:38","slug":"words_of_aerona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/09\/23\/words_of_aerona.html","title":{"rendered":"Words of aeronautic wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts and wit on flying (particularly military flying), via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogatelle.com\/archives\/001086.php#001086\">Blogatelle<\/a>.  An excerpt:<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it&#8217;s probably a helicopter and therefore unsafe. <br \/>\nWhen one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash. <br \/>\nWeather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers. <br \/>\nThe three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation are: &#8220;Why is it doing that?&#8221;, &#8220;Where are we?&#8221; and &#8220;Oh, shit!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thoughts and wit on flying (particularly military flying), via Blogatelle. An excerpt: If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it&#8217;s probably a helicopter and therefore unsafe. 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