Did he really exist etc. They are the results of many hours of trial and error, mixed with wit plus a touch of cynicism to round out the package. These trials took place for some time, testing new equipment and concepts, procedures and safety devices for the Air Force. If we take the time to study them, I'm sure we can all apply their logic to good advantage and greater enjoyment of our interest in this hobby and in our life in general. What can go wrong, WILL go wrong, and at the most inappropriate time.
Nothing is ever as simple as it seems.
If you fool around with a thing long enough, it usually breaks. It is a fundamental law of nature that nothing ever quite works out. It is easier to get into a thing than to get out of it. Whatever you want to do, you have to do something else first 7. If you try and please everybody, somebody is not going to like it 8.