Aviation Quotes · Page 5

The helicopter has never achieved much success and . . .may be classes with the ornithopter as obsolete.

— Oliver Stewart

A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges dead on…

— Hilary Mantel

Always keep a sharp lookout. "Keep your finger out"!

— Adolph Malan

Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and…

— Charles Kettering

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

— Steven Magee

Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.

— Tony Fernandes

I have the normal desire, experienced by everybody who's ever flown an airplane with a certain amount of zoom capability, to go…

— Gordon Cooper

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

— Stephen Coonts

No, he probably wouldn't mention it - except to another flier. Then they will talk for hours. They will re-create all the…

— Percy Knauth

The spacious firmament on high, And all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim.

— Joseph Addison

I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being…

— T. H. White

The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.

— Michael O'Leary

Where did you get your eyes so blue? Out of the sky as I came through.

— George MacDonald

The fundamental magic of flying, a miracle that has nothing to do with any of its practical purposes - purposes of speed,…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress.

— Ernest K. Gann

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

— Amelia Earhart

Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.

— Richard Bach

I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down.

— Oswald Boelcke

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

— Charles Lindbergh

Remember, you fly an airplane with you head, not your hands and feet.

— Bevo Howard

Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals.

— Bill Harry

Buddy of mine once told me that he'd rather fly a jet than kiss his girl. Said it gave him more of…

— Jerry O'Connell

Aviation is fine as a sport. But as an instrument of war, it is worthless.

— Ferdinand Foch

I will fly in the greatness of God as the marsh-hen flies, In the freedom that fills all the space 'twixt the…

— Sidney Lanier

Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by…

— Omar N. Bradley