The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire. — Charles Kingsford Smith 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
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
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. — Bob Hoover 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
And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it. — Manfred von Richthofen Copy Share Image
The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It's the one you can't train for that kills you. — Ernest K. Gann 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
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
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
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
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
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
I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means… — Amy Johnson Copy Share Image
This is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are… — Harry Reasoner Copy Share Image
I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going… — Jacqueline Cochran 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
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
Once you have learned to fly your plane, it is far less fatiguing to fly than it is to drive a car.… — William T. Piper Copy Share Image
Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life? Aviation combined all the elements I loved. There was science in… — Charles Lindbergh 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
A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying. — Louise Thaden Copy Share Image
It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors. — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
There are no distant places any longer: the world is small and the world is one. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. — Nevil Shute 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
An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding. — Richard Bach 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
For all professional pilots there exists a kind of guild, without charter and without by-laws. it demands no requirements for inclusion save… — Beryl Markham 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
