How you do the little things everyday is important. Why is explained by former RAF Tornado F3 fighter pilot and Red Arrows display pilot Justin Hughes in his 2016 book The Business of Excellence. The full quote is: How you do the little things is how you do everything. You don’t choose a different behaviour just because it’s a big …
Category: Airmanship Quotes
If I Appear Always Prepared …
Teach Yourself
Former Concorde instructor Captain Mike Riley on how we teach ourselves to fly. We need good lessons, but ultimately it’s an inner game. Photo from my flight in the Brooklands Concorde simulator. Quote in Mike’s The Concorde Stick and Rudder Book.
Aeroplane Does All the Work
This quote comes from Mike Riley’s little gem, The Concorde Stick and Rudder Book. You don’t fight an plane — you understand its ways and set the controls to let her fly well. Even, as it turns out, Concorde. Mike Riley was a British Airways captain who instructed in the B707, VC10 and Concorde. He also instructed in light aircraft, …
Know What Comes Next
Know what comes next. Captain Harry Linfield Harry Linfield, Concorde captain & instructor, when I asked him in the Brooklands Concorde simulator what good pilots did well. He has instructed in RAF Jet Provosts, B707s, Concorde and after retiring, in piston Cessna’s. He told me whatever the speed, stay ahead of the aeroplane. And know what you are going to …
If More Information was the Answer …
The aircraft doesn’t care what you know. Only what you do. (Derek Sivers quote from the 2016 book Tools of Titans.)
Jeff Clark on Mavericks
Jeff Clark is a surfing legend. He discovered the huge wave surfing site Mavericks in California, has surfed there 40 years, and has been featured in several super cool surfing movies. I was reminded of his eloquence and deep insights into managing moving mass by an article in this month’s The Red Bulletin magazine. He also is quoted in the …
How You Learn to Land an F/A-18C on an Aircraft Carrier at Night
Quote from Lea Gabriella in an interview on fighterSweep.com Original photo of an F/A-18 Hornet landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in 2010 is U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kilho Park: ref 100629-N-6003P-195.
Tomorrow’s First Blank Page
Happy 2017! See you in the sky . . .
Josh Waitzkin on Excellence
Excellence is super cool amazing. But you don’t get there by wishing or hoping or staying safe and comfortable. Your call. (For more from Josh about excellence, see JoshWaitzkin.com)