The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle Copy Share Image
The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock. — Werner Molders Copy Share Image
Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?" — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of… — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear… — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting. — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs. — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
Witness this new-made world, another Heav'n From Heaven Gate not farr, founded in view On the clear Hyaline, the Glassie Sea; Of… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
May it not also be that the cause of civilization itself will be defended by the skill and devotion of a few… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Then it was intoxicating. The smooth takeoff, and the free feeling of having the world drop away. Soon after leaving the ground,… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Aviation is a dynamic profession. The rate of obsolescence of equipment is high and new aircraft have to be placed in inventory… — Keith B. McCutcheon Copy Share Image
Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it… — Phil Boyer Copy Share Image
“The socioeconomic impact of such a minor outburst is due to our technological development (air travel)—a century ago, such an eruption would… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
The machine may even carry mail is special cases. But the useful load will be very small. The machines will eventually be… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
Maybe it's sex appeal, but there's something about an airplane that drives investors crazy. — Alfred Kahn Copy Share Image
The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, adventure, discovery - the epitome of breaking into new worlds. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard. — Adolph Malan Copy Share Image
“Naval aviation, they believed, was not inherently dangerous. Sure, there were risks, but if you were good—really good, like they were—nothing bad… — Robert Gandt Copy Share Image
When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower. — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
It was absolutely perfect. You can handle this large aircraft as you can handle a bicycle. — Jacques Rosay Copy Share Image
Dad worked his entire career as an aviation technician. Mom was a legal secretary who became a teacher. We lived a simple… — Brian Sandoval Copy Share Image
I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can. — Bill Cosby Copy Share Image
The naturalist picked up the eagle and said to it, "Thou dost belong to the sky and not to this earth; stretch… — Paul H. Dunn Copy Share Image
Nothing will ever equal that moment of exhilaration which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth.… — Jacques Charles Copy Share Image
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other… — Elrey Borge Jeppesen Copy Share Image
Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you… — David McCampbell Copy Share Image
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You can be in London at 10 o'clock and in New York at 10 o'clock. I have never found another way of… — David Frost Copy Share Image
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
To have command of the air means to be able to cut an enemy's army and navy off from their bases of… — Giulio Douhet Copy Share Image
The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not… — Christopher Cockerell Copy Share Image
Supersonic airplanes have carried men at more than 2,000 miles per hour and there are reasons to believe that this speed will… — Igor Sikorsky Copy Share Image
It is highly unlikely that an airplane, or fleet of them, could ever sink a fleet of Navy vessels under battle conditions. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only moments in… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly. — Gene Cernan Copy Share Image
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