If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better. — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation. — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
A free ride and free food are two of the three things no pilot ever turns down. — Dick Rutan Copy Share Image
There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name. — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Looks like a sand pile my kids have been playing in for a long time - it's all beat up - no… — William Anders Copy Share Image
MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future. — J. F. C. Fuller Copy Share Image
Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come . . . . Our universe is a sorry little affair unless it… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Regardless of the number of precautions that we take to save our necks, part of the attraction of going out on the… — Harold Payson Copy Share Image
Beware the lessons of a fighter pilot who would rather fly a slide rule than kick your ass! — Ron McKeown Copy Share Image
Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude. — John Travolta Copy Share Image
That distant day had a significance I could not give it then. So we wheeled and came back south towards the city.… — Cecil Arthur Lewis Copy Share Image
As you pass from sunlight into darkness and back again every hour and a half, you become startlingly aware how artificial are… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
There's something wonderfully exciting about the quiet sing song of an aeroplane overhead with all the guns in creation lighting out at… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
But to fly is just like swimming. You do not forget easily. I have been on the ground for more than ten… — Saburo Sakai Copy Share Image
It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the… — Robert S. Johnson Copy Share Image
“In referance to flying through thunderstorms; "A pilot may earn his full pay for that year in less than two minutes. At… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
The plane as an object has been a huge effort to make. It is a sculpture, a technological invention, a piece of… — Aleksandra Mir Copy Share Image
Possibly everyone will travel by air in another fifty years. I'm not sure I like the idea of millions of planes flying… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
It was a cherished experience. I feel I got the chance to see the inner workings of the grand order of things.… — Scott Carpenter Copy Share Image
Hours and hours passed, with nothing to do but keep the compass on its course and the plane on a level keel.… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
First, by the figurations of art there be made instruments of navigation without men to row them, as great ships to brooke… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
A lot of lies and misinformation has been put about by eco nuts on the back of a report by an idiot… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is… — Bernard Ziegler Copy Share Image
Professor Focke and his technicians standing below grew ever smaller as I continued to rise straight up, 50 metres, 75 metres, 100… — Hanna Reitsch Copy Share Image