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The Sensation Of Dying Is Sweet, Sensuous, Placid. It Is The Easiest Thing In The World To Die. The Hardest Is To Live.

The Experienced Fighting Pilot Does Not Take Unnecessary Risks. His Business In To Shoot Down Enemy Planes, Not To Get Shot Down. His Trained Hand And Eye And Judgment Are As Much A Part Of His Armament As His Machinegun, And A Fiftyfifty Chance Is The Worst He Will Take Or Should Take Except Where The Show Is Of The Kind That . . . Justifies The Sacrifice Of Plane Or Pilot.

Let The Moment Come When Nothing Is Left But Life, And You Will Find That You Do Not Hesitate Over The Fate Of Material Possessions.

Think Positively And Masterfully, With Confidence And Faith, And Life Become More Secure, More Fraught With Action, Richer In Experience And Achievement.

Flying Is One Of The Safest Jobs In The Army As Long As You Don't Drop Out. If You Do Drop Out, You Are A Dead Man, And Dropping Out Means, Usually, That You Have Made A Mistake Or Let Go Of Your Grip.