Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I'd rather fly. — Len Morgan Copy Share Image
Air power alone does not guarantee America's security, but I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset - our technical skill. — Hoyt Vandenberg Copy Share Image
Miramar is known as the aviation hub; many businesses right here in the city are supplying the aviation industry. — Wayne Messam Copy Share Image
The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception. — Manfred von Richthofen Copy Share Image
We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds. — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France. — Christian Blanc Copy Share Image
I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the study of so vast a subject.… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I think Dwight loves being number two. I don't think he has any desire to be number one. He wants to be… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Let all who build beware The load, the shock, the pressure Material can bear. So, when the buckled girder Lets down the… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
I considered the attacks on London useless, and I told the Fuhrer again and again that inasmuch as I knew the English… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world - British, French, Pakistani,… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be… — Ross Macpherson Smith Copy Share Image
Pardon me," I answered, as I placed a bundle of straw upon the fire and slightly stirred it. Then I turned quickly… — Francois Laurent d'Arlandes Copy Share Image
To me, desert has the quality of darkness; none of the shapes you see in it are real or permanent. Like night,… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Any young boy can nowadays explain human flight - mechanistically: " ... and to climb you shove the throttle all the way… — Wolfgang Langewiesche Copy Share Image
It was that quality that led me into aviation in the first place — it was a love of the air and… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto.… — John Wilkins Copy Share Image
Flying has always been to me this wonderful metaphor. In order to fly you have to trust what you can't see. Up… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
As the years go by, he returns to this invisible world rather than to earth for peace and solace. There also he… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the "ocean of air" laps at the border of every state, city, town… — L. Welch Pogue Copy Share Image
I didn't turn with the enemy pilots as a rule. I might make one turn to see what the situation was but… — John C. Meyer Copy Share Image
I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different.… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We are long-term players in the industry. We're not just crazy and emotional. We try to be logical business managers. — Frank Lorenzo Copy Share Image
These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell. — C. R. Smith Copy Share Image
At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky. — Philip Freneau Copy Share Image
I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour. — Steve Fossett Copy Share Image
An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both. — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
In response to how he checked the weather, "I just whip out my blue card with a hole in it and read… — Gordon Baxter Copy Share Image
“Bumping airplane passengers off flights for silly reasons is how some airlines boost their profits!” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly. — Gene Cernan Copy Share Image
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not… — Christopher Cockerell Copy Share Image
