Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then? — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals. — Bill Harry Copy Share Image
I'd manufactured more gearboxes probably in the aviation industry than anybody else. — Louis R. Chenevert Copy Share Image
A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it. — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
Every accident, no matter how minor, is a failure of the organization. — Jerome F. Lederer Copy Share Image
If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains. — Manfred von Richthofen Copy Share Image
Bishop Wilkins prophesied that the time would come when gentlemen, when they were to go on a journey, would call for their… — Maria Edgeworth Copy Share Image
The weird thing is that I hate to fly, and the quote that I give people is that every time I get… — Barry Sonnenfeld Copy Share Image
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake." — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can be in London at 10 o'clock and in New York at 10 o'clock. I have never found another way of… — David Frost Copy Share Image
Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you… — David McCampbell Copy Share Image
In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is… — Ivy Lee Copy Share Image
Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten . . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves… — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Shipping is the greenest method of transport. In terms of carbon emissions per ton per mile, it emits about a thousandth of… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune!… — Jacques Charles Copy Share Image
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
When we think that the machine will harm man, then it is perhaps because we are not yet capable of judging the… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Highly complementary airline alliances and mergers can bring important benefits to passengers by connecting networks, offering new services and generating efficiencies across… — Neelie Kroes Copy Share Image
Artificial flight may be defined as that form of aviation in which a man flies at will in any direction by means… — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid… — Ferdinand Magellan Copy Share Image
It may be that the invention of the aeroplane flying-machine will be deemed to have been of less material value to the… — Waldemar Kaempffert Copy Share Image
There is something more important than any ultimate weapon. That is the ultimate position-the position of total control over Earth that lies… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I have flown ValuJet, ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system. — Federico Pena Copy Share Image
All agreed that the sensation of coasting on the air was delightful. — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights. — Joseph Force Crater Copy Share Image
Its operation in a world beset by fuel and energy crises makes no sense at all. — Alan Cranston Copy Share Image
The J3 Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you. — C. Maxwell Stanley Copy Share Image
There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
