“By the death of Mr. O. Chanute the world has lost one whose labors had to an unusual degree influenced the course… — Wilbur Wright Copy Share Image
If forced to travel on an airplane, try and get in the cabin with the Captain, so you can keep an eye… — Mike Harding Copy Share Image
Electronics were rascals, and they lay awake nights trying to find some way to screw you during the day. You could not… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
Darius was clearly of the opinion That the air is also man's dominion, And that, with paddle or fins or pinion, We… — John Townsend Trowbridge Copy Share Image
I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy:… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
The forces of Hannibal, Drake and Napoleon moved at best with the horses' gallop or the speed of wind on sail. Now,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I have had the feeling that a properly constructed flying-machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and conversely, that… — Alexander Graham Bell Copy Share Image
In every squadron there were, perhaps, four or five pilots who exuded confidence. They knew that they were going out to shoot.… — Lynn Garrison Copy Share Image
I finally overcame my phobia, and now I approach flying with a sort of studied boredom - a learned habit, thanks to… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
And if at times you renounce experience and mind's heavy logic, it seems that the world has rushed along on its orbit,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
So long his name and face are lost in memory-s afterglow; Nor do I recollect of pride or joy or doubt or… — Gill Robb Wilson Copy Share Image
“Aggressive airplane passengers probably have a bad case of Altitude Sickness. Many people are hypoxic at airplane cruising altitude. They would be… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
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
Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes… — Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount… — Pappy Boyington 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
Every day kill just one, rather than today five, tomorrow ten . . . that is enough for you. Then your nerves… — Erich Hartmann Copy Share Image
In an imperfect world perfection is not instantly available. Railroad safety, for instance, cannot be secured by mechanical devices alone. It is… — Ivy Lee Copy Share Image
Aviation has struck a delicately balanced world, a world where stability was already giving way to the pressure of new dynamic forces,… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
All was glorious - a cloudless sky above, a most delicious view around. . . . How great is our good fortune!… — Jacques Charles Copy Share Image
During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be… — Adolf Galland Copy Share Image
Shipping is the greenest method of transport. In terms of carbon emissions per ton per mile, it emits about a thousandth of… — Rose George Copy Share Image
Birds in flight, claims the architect Vincenzo Volentieri, are not between places - they carry their places with them. We never wonder… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's… — Omar N. Bradley Copy Share Image
The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose… — Cecil Beaton Copy Share Image
At 42,000' in approximately level flight, a third cylinder was turned on. Acceleration was rapid and speed increased to .98 Mach. The… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
I take the paraglider to the mountain or I roll Daisy out of her hangar and I pick the prettiest part of… — Richard Bach 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
I think it is love of that blue vault of sky that becomes your playground if, and only if, you are a… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
The stars are the apexes of what wonderful triangles! What distant and different beings in the various mansions of the universe are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness,… — Jimmy Doolittle Copy Share Image
The birds can fly, an' why can't I? Must we give in," says he, with a grin, "'T the blackbird an' phoebe… — John Townsend Trowbridge Copy Share Image
Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his… — Alden Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
I firmly believe a rising tide lifts all boats. I think having Airbus only grows and brings more attention to Alabama's entire… — Bradley Byrne Copy Share Image
Risk management is a more realistic term than safety. It implies that hazards are ever-present, that they must be identified, analyzed, evaluated… — Jerome F. Lederer Copy Share Image
This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and… — Marie Marvingt Copy Share Image
![“We're at a real time of transition here in terms of future aviation. What's going to be manned? What's going to be unmanned? There are those who see [the JSF] as the last manned fighter/bomber. And I'm one that's inclined to believe it-whether it's right or not.” quote by Michael Mullen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/michael-mullen-13631_air-power_we-re-at-a-real-time-of-transition-here_1712494.jpg)
