The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a…

I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests…

— Richard Branson

There is a lot of kissing in 'Boeing-Boeing.' A lot! And not pecks on the cheek or lips - although there's some of that,…

— Kathryn Hahn

The way Moore's Law occurs in computing is really unprecedented in other walks of life. If the Boeing 747 obeyed Moore's Law, it would…

— Nathan Myhrvold

We [India in 70s] certainly were capable of producing eight to ten bombs, at a cost of about $250,000 each; and we had Boeing…

— Subramanian Swamy

“The 737 Max is a minor problem for Boeing compared to the emergence of High Altitude Diseases (HAD) in pilots, cabin crew and frequent fliers.”

— Steven Magee

Boeing just took $20 billion and 10 years to improve the efficiency of their planes by 10 percent. That's pretty lame. I have a…

— Elon Musk

“The Boeing 737 Max has become a classic example of the failure of deregulation.”

— Steven Magee

Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In…

— Bernard Ziegler

If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that a sin…

— Robert Kuttner

It is no more likely that our world has evolved out of chaos than that a hurricane, blowing through a junk yard, should create…

— Fred Hoyle

By the time you finish reading this sentence, a Boeing jetliner will take off or land somewhere in the world.

— Bret Easton Ellis

A noble space, unlike any other of our time, for it is both strong and delicate. It seems to call at once for a…

— Paul Goldberger

This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood…

— John Maynard Smith

“Pressurized airplanes are a product that you never try to cut corners on, as the outcome can be catastrophic.”

— Steven Magee

The Boeing 747 is the commuter train of the global village.

— Hendrik Tennekes