This is an old one:
You must learn from the mistakes of others because you cannot live long enough to make them all yourself
Especially true for aviation, which is why accidents should be discussed freely.
New pilots start out with a full bucket of luck and an empty bucket of experience. It is essential to fill the experience bucket before the luck bucket runs empty (sic).
MedEwok wrote:
Runter kommen sie alle
is a German saying fairly wide-spread even among non pilots and means, roughly,
they all come/go down [eventually]
I believe the English equivalent is “What goes up must come down”.
My pet silly proverb is not necessarily restricted to aviation
“If you have to ask how much it costs, you can’t afford it!”
as if being cost concious sais anything about a perspective owner’s financial means. Or maybe he got to the financial situation which allows him to consider buying BECAUSE he kept asking how much and made good deals up to this point.
Another one outright dangerous one is “Touch the red and you’re dead!” referring to mixture control.
Q: How do you make a million in aerospace?
A: You start with a billion
