If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it. — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
Above all, I shall see to it that the enemy will not be able to drop any bombs. — Hermann Goring Copy Share Image
An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a good one. — Len Morgan Copy Share Image
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me. — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Calling 911 for a police officer when an airline is engaging in extortion with you is a perfectly reasonable thing to do.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected. — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude. — John Travolta Copy Share Image
With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over… — Glenn Curtiss Copy Share Image
Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime. — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers. — Denis Healey Copy Share Image
You've got to treat people as equals, and make them feel like it's their company. I don't know if I've had any… — Michael Milken Copy Share Image
Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every… — Atul Gawande Copy Share Image
I'm not bound to be in aviation at all. I'm here only because I love the sky and flying more than anything… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I never listen to debates. They are dreadful things indeed. The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The airline business is crazy. I've not been enamored with the industry in general. You can't depend on anybody and anything. It's… — Robert Brooks Copy Share Image
I will not wage war against women and children! I have instructed my air force to limit their attacks to military objectives.… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I had no system of shooting as such. It is definitely more in the feeling side of things that these skills develop.… — Gunther Rall Copy Share Image
How does 2002 bombing accident in Afghanistan happen? In this awful case it took so many lives, and I want to assure… — Ray Henault Copy Share Image
Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
There's a lot of sensitivity about federal involvement in elections around the country. I think that it would be appropriate to consider… — Jeh Johnson Copy Share Image
Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages.… — Stephen Coonts 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
Every flyer who ventures across oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; in his or her breast burns the same fire… — Jean Batten Copy Share Image
As a peace machine, it's value to the world will be beyond computation. Would a declaration of war between Russia and Japan… — John Brisben Walker Copy Share Image
Well, gentlemen, do you believe in the possibility of aerial locomotion by machines heavier than air? ... You ask yourselves doubtless if… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
Leveling off at 42,000 feet, I had thirty percent of my fuel, so I turned on rocket chamber three and immediately reached… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses. — Oswald Boelcke Copy Share Image
The closest modern equivalent to the Homeric hero is the ace fighter pilot. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Francis Burton Copy Share Image
I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots. — David Neeleman Copy Share Image
As you know, birds do not have sexual organs because they would interfere with flight. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world. — David Neeleman Copy Share Image
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