Aviation Quotes · Page 21

For the Staffel: attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single…

— Oswald Boelcke

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story…

— William Langewiesche

No guts, no glory. If you are going to shoot him down, you have to get in there and mix it up…

— Frederick C. Blesse

Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully…

— Socrates

In less than twenty-five years . . . the motor-car will be obsolete, because the aeroplane will run along the ground as…

— Philip Gibbs

Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go…

— Samuel Butler

The more I fly, the more I'm convinced that the true wonder of modern aviation is the transformation of tasteless particles into…

— Bob Blumer

I will ignore all ideas for new works and engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for…

— Frontinus

And if at times you renounce experience and mind's heavy logic, it seems that the world has rushed along on its orbit,…

— Charles Lindbergh

I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to…

— Susan Orlean

In every squadron there were, perhaps, four or five pilots who exuded confidence. They knew that they were going out to shoot.…

— Lynn Garrison

I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that…

— Alexander Graham Bell

They will speak of things that are spiritual and beautiful and of things that are practical and utilitarian; they will mix up…

— Percy Knauth

Only realistic flight schedules should be proposed, schedules that have a reasonable chance of being met. If in this way the government…

— Richard P. Feynman

There is also a huge potential for developing the aviation and space industries. As you might have noticed we have launched a…

— Vladimir Putin

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means…

— Amy Johnson

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight.…

— Harriet Quimby

They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed…

— George MacDonald

The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.

— Michael O'Leary

“Some airline gate agents are habitually canceling customer airline tickets for silly reasons.”

— Steven Magee

I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies, In the freedom that fills all the space 'twixt the…

— Sidney Lanier

What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?

— Abbas ibn Firnas

The Wright Amendment is a pain in the ass, but not every pain in the ass is a constitutional infringement.

— Herb Kelleher

I thought I would keep it on the ground until I became familiar with it, but on account of the wind, I…

— Arthur P. Warner

The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as…

— Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

[Airmail was] an impractical sort of fad, and had no place in the serious job of postal transportation.

— Paul Henderson

We actually are waiting for more people to be killed before we can do something that makes sense. We don't kill enough…

— Deborah Hersman

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that…

— Stephen Coonts

We'd sit outside and watch the stars at night She'd tell me to make a wish I'd wish we both could fly.

— James McMurtry

I put the sweat of my life into this project, and if it's a failure, I'll leave the country and never come…

— Howard Hughes

Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.

— Richard Bach

The soaring pilot makes an aerial excursion, not an incursion. His passage leaves a whisper, not a shriek.

— Richard Miller

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

For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

— Richard M. Nixon

If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land…

— Igor Sikorsky

The alleviation of human error, whether design or intrinsically human, continues to be the most important problem facing aerospace safety.

— Jerome F. Lederer

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

— Stephen Coonts

Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat.

— Romain Rolland

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

I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express.

— Richard Branson