Murphy's Law
Source status: Attributed to Jim Kirk
The further you fly into the mountains, the louder the strange engine noises become.
- Jim Kirk
Running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas all at once is bad.
- Jim Kirk
In context
This law belongs with Murphy's Helicopters Warfare Laws, where small assumptions, timing, and system complexity tend to turn into memorable failures.
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