“He met me at the airport; it was ten in the morning, Washington time, when I arrived, after having taken a plane… — Robert Silverberg Copy Share Image
“That’s the point. This healthy-feeling time now just feels like a tease. Like I’m in this holding pattern, flying in smooth circles… — Jessica Verdi Copy Share Image
“I had a terrible premonition. His flight was to Miami. The old news footage flashed through my mind of Air Florida Flight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The missile that downed the Malaysian plane, they say, is a Russian-made missile. But the weapons that are used in the barbarism… — Yahya Jammeh Copy Share Image
In the early days it was fun to fly. You could soar over rooftops and trees, or drop down to meet a… — Katherine Stinson Copy Share Image
If you think about computing, there isn't just one way to compute, just like there's not just one way to move around.… — Michael Dell Copy Share Image
When I'm on a plane, people know where I'm going before I even know where I'm going. People know where you had… — Alexander Skarsgard Copy Share Image
“Beside her, Oliver is craning his neck to read the signs for customs, already thinking about the next thing, already moving on.… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
I don't really have any peeves, and I fly other carriers a good bit. My experience has been good in terms of… — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
You don't think much of the individual, because you don't think you've hit him and you hope that he will bail out… — Peter Malam Brothers Copy Share Image
“No, on the outside view there was nothing for anyone to notice about me. I remained one pillar of a trinity, another… — Herman Koch Copy Share Image
The readiness to blame a dead pilot for an accident is nauseating, but it has been the tendency ever since I can… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“But airports lead you way back in history like oases, like the stops on the great trade routes. The sight of air… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
If somebody wants me to speak in, say, Chicago, a limousine picks me up at the door to brings me to the… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew… — Burt Rutan Copy Share Image
When you got on the private plane, you had your own private lounge where you could close the door. So there wasn't… — Don Felder Copy Share Image
After high school in 1969, I was appointed to the Air Force Academy. In '73, I studied for my postgraduate degree and… — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
Why come to Trude? I asked myself. And I already wanted to leave. You cand resume your flight whereever you like," they… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I could bear to go on an aeroplane again. It's not my concern for the welfare of the… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
A man and his wife, each in a different small plane, were out enjoying a flight, when the husband committed a flight… — Truman G. Madsen Copy Share Image
Before the stroke, I was on a very spiritual plane. I ignored my body, took it for granted. When I look at… — Ram Dass Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town in West Virginia called Kenova. It's the city where the plane crashed from Marshall University.… — Brad D. Smith Copy Share Image
I always step on the plane with my right foot and touch the outside of the plane with my left hand. Sometimes… — Hope Davis Copy Share Image
A flight from London carrying the artist we all used to know as Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, was forced… — Cat Stevens Copy Share Image
“Southwest—unlike most other airlines, which fly multiple aircraft models—flies only Boeing 737s. As a result, every Southwest pilot, flight attendant, and ground-crew… — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
“Flying halfway around the world puts our circadian clock out of sync with the day-night signals, a phenomenon we call jet lag.… — Daniel Chamovitz Copy Share Image
The idea is that Jodie Foster is with her child and she's going back to New York from Germany with her husband's… — Sean Bean Copy Share Image
“The pilot came on the loudspeaker to tell us we had been hit by lightning. Despite our fright, no damage had been… — Zinzi Clemmons Copy Share Image
Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. ... It… — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
“At seven p.m., hope is sparked again when some new chirpy airline employee announces that a new plane without that nasty mechanical… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
In the military, pilots are not supposed to ever date each other, and if they do, they can't be on the same… — Monica Barbaro Copy Share Image
“After September 11, there were customers who sent checks to Southwest Airlines to show their support. One note that accompanied a check… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
I had more material on weather than anyone else, I guess, ... back when I was traveling a lot on the road… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
“I suppose none of what I'm saying matters. In a few years a search like this won't even be necessary. We have… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
The bottom line is there is large uncertainty because nobody has a very good handle on aerodynamics at those altitudes and at… — Wayne Hale Copy Share Image
This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a… — Ann Hood Copy Share Image
“At Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, his own favorite, Lance would pray for our connecting flights to be delayed so that he could… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
You know, there are a lot of things that I really enjoy doing that you can get hurt doing. Driving a car,… — Brian Urlacher Copy Share Image
“Kilometa mbili na ushei kidogo kutoka katika sanamu la Yesu Mtoto liitwalo Niñopa, katika Kanisa la Parokia ya Manispaa ya Xochimilco ('Sochimiliko')… — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
