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
Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots. — David Neeleman 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 would attack any squadron blockading a port. Nothing could prevent me from dropping out of the clear blue sky on to… — Jules Vedrines Copy Share Image
I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky. — Philip Freneau Copy Share Image
Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me. — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
We will be producing supersonic planes which will go far, far faster than Concordes. New York to Tokyo could be less than… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and… — Neil H. McElroy Copy Share Image
Unlike the boundaries of the sea by the shorelines, the "ocean of air" laps at the border of every state, city, town… — L. Welch Pogue Copy Share Image
A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the study of so vast a subject.… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Men will look back in amusement at the pretence that once caused people to refer to General Dynamics and North American Aviation… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
This vehicle is performing like a champ. I've got a super spaceship under me. — Robert Crippen Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward. — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
I considered the attacks on London useless, and I told the Fuhrer again and again that inasmuch as I knew the English… — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
It was no picnic despite what anyone might say later . . . . Most of us were pretty scared all the… — Colin S. Gray Copy Share Image
I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal… — Mary Schiavo Copy Share Image
