non carborundum illegitemi est

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I tried and came up with a freely translated expression: "don't carborundum bastard down" or do not "grind" the bastard down?
Good play with words.

Old Aviators and Old Airplanes..... I've never wanted to be an American more than on that day. It was a time when many nations in the world looked to America as their 'big brother'; a steady and even-handed beacon of security, who navigated difficult political waters with grace and style; not unlik...

my GOAL: Work on a twin in charter operation my SITUATION: CPL (no MULTI, no IFR) 300TT. Also, Helicopter CPL (no turbine). Finally, a 10 years experience working in aeronautic including 4 as a AME (not yet licensed) wink: First you say that you would like a job on a twin then you say you don't hav...

How many hours do you need to fly with them? Does it have to be all on the West Coast? I do not know at this time what the requirements are. I am speaking of twelve years ago when I was working for them. At that time, the minimum requirement was 2000hrs total time with 1000 hrs on floats. I know th...

Pilots generally fly 200 to 230 hours a month for all but about 4 months of the year on a fixed 4 on, 3 off schedule. I think that this quote is a little off... I have worked for Harbour Airlines and I have never seen any pilot in the eleven years that I was there fly that many hours. The average f...