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TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR
HELICOPTER PILOTS

1. Keep always thine RPMs, for without them the gates of
heaven shall close to thee, and thou shalt pass directly to
Brick City.

2. Guard thy tail rotor as thy loins; it is a sacred thing and
its loss maketh the earth spin, and rise up and smite thee.

3. Pickest thou up and sittest thou down with great care
lest thy machine roll in the mud like the swine and makest
thou an impoverished pedestrian.

4. Loadeth not thy machine unevenly or excessively, lest
thou wander and stumble like the braying ass.

5. Run not thy fuel nor oil dry, for surely it is easier for
the camel to pass through the eye of the needle than for a
fool to autorotate in the wilderness.

6. Linger not in the curve of the deadman, for it tempteth
fate, and shall bringeth thee back pain.

7. Swoop not low without good reason, for many are the
snares of Edison and Bell; their wires yieldeth not, and
makest thee a yo-yo.

8. Loseth not sight of the earth if thou are not a master of
the black art of "hard IFR," else thy machine shall seek the
earth without thy counsel, and thy friends shall mourn
the passing of a fool.

9. Loseth not thy G's for the sake of pushover or other
folly, lest thy blades smite thee, and journey on without
thee.

10. Descendeth not without airspeed, for the air beneath
thee is wrathful, and wouldst conspire with the granite
to swallow thee up, far from the seeing eye of SAR