The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
I've noticed that the few times I've traveled first class myself, you've already got your drink, and your coat has been taken… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
It was a magic caused by the collision of modern methods and old ones; modern history and ancient; accessibility and isolation. And… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Airports drive me mad. I don't mind the flying; it's all the hassle before you get on the plane and afterwards, including… — June Whitfield Copy Share Image
Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
“Do you remember that scene in Airplane! where the guy with the flags is waving a jet into its gate, then someone… — Rebecca Flowers Copy Share Image
The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Copy Share Image
I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it… — Harriet Quimby Copy Share Image
It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Listen, if you were with me on a plane? I'm embarrassed for the people who sit next to me. I have such… — Lea Michele Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks Ryanair flights are some sort of bastion of sanctity where you can contemplate your navel is wrong. We already… — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
“One moment you’re cruising along effortlessly at thirty thousand feet while the cabin crew slosh the whisky around in business class, the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
When I come to Chicago, I gorge myself. I get off the plane and start with Gene and Jude's for two hot… — James Belushi Copy Share Image
“Maine. 1.1 INSIDE THE FOUR FLIGHTS Boarding the Flights Boston:American 11 and United 175. Atta and Omari boarded a 6:00 A.M. flight… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always been a good flier, thank God! If I was bad to start with I'm sure I'd be worse now, because… — Emilie De Ravin Copy Share Image
Aeronautics confers beauty and grandeur, combining art and science for those who devote themselves to it. . . . The aeronaut, free… — Georges Besancon Copy Share Image
All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
Black people don't hijack planes, alright? Now I'll be the first to admit, we steal a lot of stuff, but we do… — Alonzo Bodden Copy Share Image
The actual process of travel I really like, because that time on planes and in airports makes me feel like I'm moving… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
I was brought up to believe I could achieve anything. My mother instilled in me the belief that there was always something… — Joe Bastianich Copy Share Image
The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the… — Emile Berliner Copy Share Image
I'm always in a hotel room, and I spend a good portion of my day setting it up so it's comfortable for… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
. . . It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs -… — Joe Sutter Copy Share Image
“Where do nations begin? In airport lounges, of course. You see them arriving, soul by soul, in pre-activation mode. They step into… — Kapka Kassabova Copy Share Image
Everyone was talking about having airplanes disappear. And I said, "Wait, wait, wait. That's what you like? I'd tell you a story… — David Copperfield Copy Share Image
No it was not the novelty, and it was not the danger and the adventure (although these had their charm). It was… — Pauline Gower Copy Share Image
Whenever I was flying commercial, I would land in Chicago, and they would announce, 'Get your passports out.' It happened so often,… — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
“In this land of great opportunity and few roads (in most regions the Alaskan Highway is the only real road), the immense… — George Meegan Copy Share Image
How many people, how many of us want to get on an airplane where you know only, only 20% of the pilots… — William Davis Copy Share Image
“The trick to flying safely, Zoe always said, was to never buy a discount ticket and to tell yourself you had nothing… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
The first time I flew after September 11, I honestly was a little paranoid. As I was going to the metal detector,… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
I'm the guy who'll drive 250 miles tonight and be at the gym tomorrow at 10 A.M., when people are still sleeping… — John Cena Copy Share Image
“What was an infant's view of air travel? You go to a special place, walk into a large room with seats in… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers committed themselves to do what no one else had ever done before. They took time to do their homework.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
A plane is a bad place for an all-out sleep, but a good place to begin rest and recovery from the trip… — Shana Alexander Copy Share Image
The principal reason for the universe's poker face is that its constituents are far away. Stars careen through space, and galaxies spin… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
We have so much pride in welcoming these passengers onto the plane, and they have so much pride in travel. It's something… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
“A stock Gulfstream G650, a top-of-the-line business jet, cruises at altitudes up to 50,000 feet. If a G650 were retrofitted with a… — David Keith Copy Share Image
What if I jumped out of an airplane with a couple of tanks of helium and one huge, un-inflated balloon? Then, while… — Colin Rowe Copy Share Image
Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition:… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
