Flying. Whatever any other organism has been able to do man should surely be able to do also, though he may go… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can… — William Langewiesche Copy Share Image
The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire. — Charles Kingsford Smith Copy Share Image
Buttons ... check. Dials ... check. Switches ... check. Little colored lights ... check. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality. — Louis Bleriot Copy Share Image
An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a good one. — Len Morgan 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
Airshow flying is tough, it's even tougher if you do something stupid. Don't do nuthin dumb! — Ralph Royce Copy Share Image
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that… — Stephen Coonts 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
But accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate.… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of… — Bob Hoover 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
Navigating by the compass in a sea of clouds over Spain is all very well, it is very dashing, but - you… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery 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
Tired of trying to sort them out, you relax for a second, then your head drops and you sit up with a… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
My senses of space, of distance, and of direction entirely vanished. When I looked for the ground I sometimes looked down, sometimes… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery 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
It's when things are going just right that you'd better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around… — Stephen Coonts 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
The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too… — Harry Reasoner 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 began to feel that I lived on a higher plane than the skeptics of the ground; one that was richer because… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
