There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be spoiled either by his successes or by the generous congratulations of his comrades. If he… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value… — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence. — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share
