Aviation Quotes · Page 18

The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I'd rather fly.

— Len Morgan

What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong…

— Charles Lindbergh

Air power alone does not guarantee America's security, but I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset - our technical skill.

— Hoyt Vandenberg

Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming.

— Joyce Carol Oates

“It only took one flight with a budget airline to discover how horrible their airline was!”

— Steven Magee

I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile…

— Charles Lindbergh

On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning…

— Epictetus

My Luftwaffe is invincible... And so now we turn to England. How long will this one last - two, three weeks?

— Hermann Goring

For all professional pilots there exists a kind of guild, without charter and without by-laws. it demands no requirements for inclusion save…

— Beryl Markham

The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells…

— Plato

It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the…

— Thomas A. Edison

The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief…

— Adolf Hitler

The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between…

— Harriet Quimby

I do everything myself, from engine start to engine shutdown. In a war, I will face alone the missiles and the flak…

— Richard Bach

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The…

— Simon Newcomb

For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.…

— Adolf Galland

Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the…

— Nevil Shute

This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour.

— Steve Fossett

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.

— Eddie Rickenbacker

“Bumping airplane passengers off flights for silly reasons is how some airlines boost their profits!”

— Steven Magee

In response to how he checked the weather, "I just whip out my blue card with a hole in it and read…

— Gordon Baxter

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

— Adolf Galland

We are long-term players in the industry. We're not just crazy and emotional. We try to be logical business managers.

— Frank Lorenzo

At sea let the British their neighbours defy — The French shall have frigates to traverse the sky.

— Philip Freneau

These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell.

— C. R. Smith

I didn't turn with the enemy pilots as a rule. I might make one turn to see what the situation was but…

— John C. Meyer

I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different.…

— Tom Stoppard

It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France.

— Christian Blanc

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

We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds.

— Otto Lilienthal

The aggressive spirit, the offensive, is the chief thing everywhere in war, and the air is no exception.

— Manfred von Richthofen

Miramar is known as the aviation hub; many businesses right here in the city are supplying the aviation industry.

— Wayne Messam

There's a real opportunity to have a vertical takeoff and landing electric supersonic jet.

— Elon Musk

If you would look up bad labor relations in the dictionary, you would have an American Airlines logo beside it.

— Elton Joe Kendall

In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. Instead, it is the rough maneuver which succeeds.

— Erich Hartmann

Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as…

— Chesley Sullenberger

In the case of pilots, it is a little touch of madness that drive us to go beyond all known bounds. Any…

— Jacqueline Auriol

Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate…

— Albert Ball

“In aviation, 'good enough' is basically a four-letter word. In business, it's a slow, insidious killer”

— Greg Born

The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.

— Hermann Goring