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
There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But,… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out,… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
