There was no luxury. I never got on an airplane until I was 18. We drove everywhere. My dad was like, "Waste… — Ryan McGinley Copy Share Image
Leaving the house is a big enough occasion for me, so getting on a plane and flying across the world and playing… — Courtney Barnett Copy Share Image
“It is a challenge to believe that there was ever a time that airline food was exciting, when stewardesses were happy to… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Since we travel a lot as a team, I spend a lot of time on a plane where I like to play… — Carl Hagelin Copy Share Image
There are twice as many knitters as golfers in North America. Still, if you walk into any airport in North America, you… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world. — Trevor Paglen Copy Share Image
I imagine a future aircraft, which will take off vertically, fly as usual, and land vertically. This flying machine should have no… — Henri Coanda Copy Share Image
The qualities that made for success in a fighter-pilot seemed to be just those sturdy qualities that made for success in other… — Jim Bailey Copy Share Image
“If ever I was in a plane that was going down, rather than screaming, crying and railing against the inevitable, I would… — Frank Warren Copy Share Image
The most horrifying thing I ever did was work as a steward on an airplane. I wanted to get hired by United.… — John Grant Copy Share Image
Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
The thing that you worry about your first flight or any flight is some kind of a problem coming up that is… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
“Colonel Ridge Zirkander isn’t the model of military professionalism—he has a tendency to say exactly what’s on his mind, and his record… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
They don't hand out Ph.D.s in test piloting, but you pick up a tremendous amount of scientific and engineering knowledge along the… — Gus Grissom Copy Share Image
I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family. — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
When we saw our plane on TV as breaking news, it was the most surreal experience. A lot of the women were… — Taryn Manning Copy Share Image
If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying… — Robert Crandall Copy Share Image
As a long-time British Airways advisor, I have seen first-hand that as a company they are committed to innovation, entrepreneurship and the… — Rhonda Abrams Copy Share Image
My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
You can't have a helicopter fly over boiling lava. It would've exploded from the heat, and is just way too dangerous. The… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
I know every time I fly, I get checked twice: they stop me at security, and then, they get me again at… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Don't forget, I was a musician long before I ever met Prince. That's a big difference between me and those other women… — Sheila E Copy Share Image
“Love your body. Be kind to it, nourish it, tender it. It is the pure instrument of expression that allows you to… — Ramtha Copy Share Image
I literally touched down in Kosovo and the president, prime minister and mayor were waiting for me to get off the plane.… — Rita Ora Copy Share Image
It is quite surreal when you go to places up the north, like Inner Mongolia, and you are getting mobbed at the… — Stephen Hendry Copy Share Image
Nothing's worse than telling your family you got a pilot, hearing the pilot got picked up, and then finding out it's not… — Dreama Walker Copy Share Image
“[Short Talk on the Sensation of Airplane Takeoff] Well you know I wonder, it could be love running toward my life with… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Whenever I drive under a yellow light, I always kiss my finger and tap it on the roof of the car. And… — Jared Padalecki Copy Share Image
If I were flying, I would travel to a perfect place. A place with frosted cakes and beautiful flowers and excellent trees… — Kyo Maclear Copy Share Image
“This girl needs a vacation, so I’m taking one right now. I’m packing my bags and leaving on a motherf’ing Jäger plane.” — Renee Ericson Copy Share Image
There's nothing funny about, 'Yeah, I took a First Class plane ticket and I went to some designer beach and made out… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
From their maneuvers and their terrific speed I am certain their flight performance was greater than any aircraft known today. — Frank Herman Schofield Copy Share Image
Aviation is poetry ... It's the finest kind of moving around, you know, just as poetry is the finest way of using words. — Jessie Redmon Fauset Copy Share Image
I've never missed a flight. And I don't see any reason in cutting it close because airports are pleasurable for me: You… — Geoffrey Zakarian Copy Share Image
“I’ve always wanted to go on a hot-air-balloon ride. And Jason knows it. He knows it and he didn’t just sit around… — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game… — Natalie Dormer Copy Share Image
“Budget airlines often have serious customer service problems, overbooking of flights, rescheduling of passengers, lying about passenger refunds, delays and reliability issues.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image