Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals. — Bill Harry Copy Share Image
In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival. — Neil Armstrong Copy Share Image
If black boxes survive air crashes - why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff? — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Leader, bandits at 2 o'clock! Roger; it's only 1:30 now-what'll I do 'til then? — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in… — William T. Piper 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
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
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible. — Bob Hoover 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
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
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
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 was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around… — Yves Rossy Copy Share Image
When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour… — David Letterman 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
Harmony comes gradually to a pilot and his plane. The wing does not want so much to fly true as to tug… — Beryl Markham 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
Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble… — Charles Rumney Samson Copy Share Image
I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world - British, French, Pakistani,… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
What is it in fact, this learning to fly? To be precise, it is 'to learn NOT to fly wrong.' To learn… — Henri Mignet 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
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
Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something. — Mignon McLaughlin Copy Share Image
In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and… — Neil H. McElroy 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
There are two kinds of airplanes - those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
