Sayings of our mentors

My father always told us to hope for the best, but be sure to plan for the worst.
His ship was shot down in a US Air force raid over the Polesti oil refineries in WWII and crash landed in a badly damaged B-24Liberator. All of the crew survived the crash except one unfortunate crew member. The survivors all made it through POW camp and returned home. Prior to that, his crew practiced low-level engine shutdown landings. Seems to have paid off!