The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story… — William Langewiesche Copy Share Image
After a plane or train crash, the National Transportation Safety Board dispatches its experts within two hours. The investigators in their familiar… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time… — Nobu Matsuhisa Copy Share Image
Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
My experience bears out an adage about airlines: People almost always opt for convenience and price, even while complaining loudly about crowded… — James B. Stewart Copy Share Image
One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the… — Sonny Perdue Copy Share Image
There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course. This could happen on any flight. — Gus Grissom Copy Share Image
“She got on a plane to see a client in California and somewhere over Colorado, the pilot somehow missed the sky.” — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
I woke up on the plane this morning and was turning on my phone and I had to put my pin number… — Cameron van der Burgh Copy Share Image
I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out 'David Copperfield,' and… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“Who else had ever met the business-end of a bolt of lightning in mid-flight, as he had just now, flying blind through… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“747s always remind me of a fat, ugly old lady in the neighborhood where I used to live. Huge sagging breasts, swollen… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Airplanes were invented by natural selection. Now you can say that intelligent design designs our airplanes of today, but there was no… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
I have been a frequent air traveler since I was a few months shy of my sixth birthday, when my parents packed… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
I didn't want people to say: Stelios does everything on the cheap at work, and in private he lives in the lap… — Stelios Haji-Ioannou Copy Share Image
One of the most gratifying things I get as an artist is when people watch me do these different demonstrations, and they… — Criss Angel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've got to say that is - the highest emotion of the human experience is going down in a plane knowing your… — Louis Zamperini 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
In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As of 1992, in fact-though the picture would have improved since then-the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The need for air transport is real, and it's not going to change. The key is to have the right business model… — Louis R. Chenevert Copy Share Image
You've done it in the simulator so many times, you don't have a real sense of being excited when the flight is… — Alan Shepard Copy Share Image
See driving is like stabbing someone, it's very personal. While flying is like shooting someone, it's more distant. — Bushwick Bill Copy Share Image
On every commercial flight, the traveler is told, "Your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device". The question is, why… — Sam Ewing Copy Share Image
“Welcome to sporadic and lousy service from your new carrier. We hope you enjoy sounding like you’re in a barrel.” — Nic Tatano Copy Share Image
It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave… — Niels Arden Oplev Copy Share Image
But accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate.… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I don't particularly want to jump out of an airplane with a parachute if I don't have to. I don't want to… — John M. Grunsfeld Copy Share Image
My younger brothers are both pilots. They had their pilot's licenses, and I was impressed with how young they were. And I… — Mike Faist Copy Share Image
The TSA is under fire for major security lapses. The TSA has let through pipe bombs, knives, and the last three Nicolas… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants. — C. Walton Lillehei Copy Share Image
I jump out of planes, I could be covered in cockroaches, I do all sorts of things, but I just don't like… — Nicole Kidman Copy Share Image
I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and… — Margaret Drabble Copy Share Image
The guy in the airplane goes with you. So he has self-interest to do the good things, too, and I don't know… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Regardless of how me or this man right here or anybody else in this business get, when we walk on an airplane… — Method Man Copy Share Image
Everywhere we look, technology has changed our daily lives - from the way we pay our bills, to the way we buy… — Peter Roskam Copy Share Image
Traveling is irritating to me, but not driving. Going to the airport makes me nervous, but when I set out to just… — Edward Ruscha Copy Share Image
