There is nothing a German officer cannot do!

Colonel Manfred von Holstein:   There is nothing a German officer cannot do.
Captain Rumpelstoss:   But... how will I learn to fly, Herr Colonel?
Col. Manfred von Holstein:   The way we do everything in the German army: From the book of instructions.
[Reading from flight instruction manual]
Col. Manfred von Holstein:   Step one: sit down...

[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes - 1965]