I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."(1890-1973), American aviator” — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
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 Image
