Here's one that is particularly important to me: Not learning from your mistakes. It's very easy when you cartwheel your brand new FW-190 on landing to get angry and just shut down. Keep your mind open, analyze what went wrong, and listen to the guys who saw you go in. In amongst the other "helpfull" observations there might be a jem of truth. Sure, a crash sucks, but walking away from it without learning anything is wasting the experience.

Oh yeah and big mistake number two is not having enough beer.
Or the beer not being cold enough.
Loosing sight of your airplane when you take a sip of beer.


Andy (beered up)