The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward. — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
Buddy of mine once told me that he'd rather fly a jet than kiss his girl. Said it gave him more of… — Jerry O'Connell Copy Share Image
They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat. — Robert Crandall Copy Share Image
I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being… — T. H. White Copy Share Image
For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it. — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land… — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten . . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves… — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune!… — Jacques Charles Copy Share Image
Shipping is the greenest method of transport. In terms of carbon emissions per ton per mile, it emits about a thousandth of… — Rose George Copy Share Image
During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
Although no definite reason for the accident has been established, modifications are being embodied to cover every possibility that imagination has suggested… — John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara Copy Share Image
The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
The alleviation of human error, whether design or intrinsically human, continues to be the most important problem facing aerospace safety. — Jerome F. Lederer Copy Share Image
Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
The soaring pilot makes an aerial excursion, not an incursion. His passage leaves a whisper, not a shriek. — Richard Miller Copy Share Image
A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
I'm here to tell you that I am proud of a couple of things. First, I am very good at projectile vomiting.… — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life. — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. — Romain Rolland Copy Share Image
The first company to produce a certified two seat electric aircraft with a 1.5 hour range will dominate the aviation training market. — Erik Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
That idea is so damned nonsensical and impossible that I'm willing to stand on the bridge of a battleship while that nitwit… — Newton D. Baker Copy Share Image
The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out… — Carl Andrew Spaatz Copy Share Image
I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant… — Chuichi Nagumo Copy Share Image
Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future. — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
This book is dedicated to all those who fell by the airside, for nothing is wasted, and every apparent failure is but… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
Mass travel by air may prove to be more significant to world destiny than the atom bomb. — Juan Trippe Copy Share Image
Totally uneventful. It was a very successful first flight. To be honest, it was a little bit boring. — Fernando Alonso Copy Share Image
I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can… — William Langewiesche Copy Share Image
When wild the head-wind beat, Thy sovereign Will commanding Bring them who dare to fly To a safe landing. — Duncan Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings. — Wilbur Wright Copy Share Image
It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent. — James Ira Thomas Jones Copy Share Image
I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for… — Frontinus Copy Share Image
I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight.… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
In less than twenty-five years . . . the motor-car will be obsolete, because the aeroplane will run along the ground as… — Philip Gibbs Copy Share Image
