I am purely evil; Hear the thrum of my evil engine; Evilly I come. The stars are thick as flowers In the… — Ethel Mannin Copy Share Image
My father had been opposed to my flying from the first and had never flown himself. However, he had agreed to go… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes. — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses… — William Blake Copy Share Image
In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
It is not necessarily impossible for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God did not give them the knowledge… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
No guts, no glory. If you are going to shoot him down, you have to get in there and mix it up… — Frederick C. Blesse Copy Share Image
Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
It is obvious we are fighting for the Air France Group. . . . But in actual fact, we are also fighting for France. — Christian Blanc Copy Share Image
No one can realize how substantial the air is, until he feels its supporting power beneath him. It inspires confidence at once. — Otto Lilienthal Copy Share Image
An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall. — Alberto Santos-Dumont Copy Share Image
I suppose we shall soon travel by air-vessels; make air instead of sea voyages; and at length find our way to the… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I'm not an aviation historian, I'm not an Air Force aficionado, and I'm definitely not a ufologist. I'm not someone who studies… — Annie Jacobsen Copy Share Image
The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation. — George Brett Copy Share Image
MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand. — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour. — Steve Fossett Copy Share Image
We built a jet airplane to get in and out of a 5,000-ft field. No one believed it could be done. — Joe Sutter Copy Share Image
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. — Dionysius Lardner Copy Share Image
