The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I'd rather fly. — Len Morgan Copy Share Image
To be alone in the air at night is to be very much alone indeed. . . cut off from everything and… — Pauline Gower Copy Share Image
I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against… — Charles Rumney Samson Copy Share Image
It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and stick to it, particularly in the face of… — Glenn Curtiss Copy Share Image
The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals. — Bill Harry 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
The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality. — Louis Bleriot Copy Share Image
They will pressure you into doing things that may be unsafe, use your good judgment, and remember, 'I would rather be laughed… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history. — James Dickey Copy Share Image
It's all right if your automobile goes wrong while you are driving it. You can get out in the road and tinker… — Katherine Stinson Copy Share Image
There's a lot of Hollywood bullshit about flying. I mean, look at the movies about test pilots or fighter pilots who face… — Robin Olds Copy Share Image
I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds.… — William Langewiesche Copy Share Image