If You Ain’t A Pilot, You Ain’t…

Author: Bobo

If You Ain’t A Pilot…

Bobo

This expression, "Que Est Non Pilatus Est Non Faex," loosely translated, was said to mean: "If you ain't a pilot, you ain't shit."  It was on a sign spanning the entrances between the 8th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) and the 25th FTS at Vance AFB, OK, in the mid-to-late 70s.

The note underneath it reads, "And you'd better believe it."

I chuckled when I first saw it, and always knew it was there, but didn't really think much more about it.  It was just there.

Then I had the opportunity to visit Vance in 2005 or so, and the sign was gone.  Imagine that!  Probably offended some shoeclerk!  Or some "PC" careerist on his way up may have had it removed... who knows?  It was just gone.

(If you 'Google' the above expression, you won't find anything.  This shouldn't come as a surprise, as it was probably written by a pilot!  LOL!