Although no definite reason for the accident has been established, modifications are being embodied to cover every possibility that imagination has suggested… — John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara Copy Share Image
There always has been a mystique and a romance about aviation, but in terms of the principles involved of satisfying your customer… — Mike Batt Copy Share Image
There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety. — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both. — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
In the early stages of the fight Mr. Winston Churchill spoke with affectionate raillery of me and my "Chicks." He could have… — Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding Copy Share Image
The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades. — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
That is very fine; but it is impossible to make the men perfect; the men will always remain the same as they… — Isambard Kingdom Brunel Copy Share Image
Nowadays a businessman can go from his office straight to the airport, get into his airplane and fly six hundred or seven… — Percy Knauth Copy Share Image
It is entirely impossible for man to rise into the air and float there. For this you would need wings of tremendous… — Jerome Lalande Copy Share Image
If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA… — Ross Perot Copy Share Image
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed. — Harry Frank Guggenheim Copy Share Image
People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
I may be expediting the attainment of an object that will in time be found of great importance to mankind; so much… — George Cayley Copy Share Image
I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I live for that exhilarating moment when I'm in an airplane rushing down the runway and pull on the stick and feel… — Gordon Cooper 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
Setting off unknown to face the unknown, against parental opposition, with no money, friends, or influence, ran it a close second. Clichés… — Amy Johnson 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
The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
