Well yes and no.... there’s no planes that went up but never came down.
In general a good aviator should:
1. Do not bust your butt.
2. Do not let anyone bust your butt for you.
3. Airplanes fly because of Bernoulli and not Marconi. Therefore, do not drop the airplane on the ground while trying to fly the microphone.
4. In the 110 years of airplanes going hundreds, even thousands of miles per hour, and the ground going zero — the ground has yet to lose.
5. The pilot is always the first at the scene of the crash.
6. What you don't say, you don't have to take back at the accident investigation.
7. If crashing is inevitable, hit the softest, least expensive thing you can find, as slowly as possible.
8. Do not fly into clouds. Mountains have been known to hide in them. Also, the silver lining in that cloud may be an airplane going in the opposite direction.
9. The only time a pilot has too much fuel is when his airplane is on fire.
10. Whenever in doubt, see Rule 1.