Plane Quotes · Page 16

Flying my own small plane is my escape. I learnt to fly in 2006 and share ownership of a Socata TB10.

— Jonathan Agnew

“leasing its own fully›branded jet, something it claims is an industry first.”

— Anonymous

“Accumulating millions of frequent flyer miles does not make one a pilot.”

— K. Vaitheeswaran

“Aeronautics did not lead to democracy, unless budget airlines count.”

— Julian Barnes

Maybe it's sex appeal, but there's something about an airplane that drives investors crazy.

— Alfred Kahn

An X-wing fighter flies like an airplane. If you look at the physics, it's actually quite impossible.

— Jon Spaihts

I always ask for the exit row when flying. Airlines are pretty accommodating and most of the time I'll get it.

— John Isner

I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.

— Roger Moore

America, the land of the free, is turning itself into the land of the free ride. [U.S. airlines] are operating in protected…

— Rod Eddington

Lets take flight simulation as an example. If youre trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You…

— Roy Romer

The alleviation of human error, whether design or intrinsically human, continues to be the most important problem facing aerospace safety.

— Jerome F. Lederer

If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land…

— Igor Sikorsky

The problem with airports is that we go there when we need to catch a plane - and because it's so difficult…

— Alain de Botton

The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be…

— Edward R. Murrow

When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a…

— Kiesza

I'm a very anti-vacation person. Because I'm always getting on planes for work, to me, a vacation is when I don't have…

— Gilbert Gottfried

The air is an extremely dangerous, jealous and exacting mistress. Once under the spell most lovers are faithful to the end, which…

— Winston Churchill

I've done some luxury flying, which is brilliant. It has only happened once or twice, but it was nice because flying is…

— Karl Pilkington

“This is my second paragliding photo book. Flying photography really drives my life, which is a never-ending search as every day, in…

— Jérôme Maupoint

“When an airplane's engines fail, it is not the end of the flight. Airplanes don’t fall out of the sky like stones.…

— Bernhard Schlink

I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees…

— Robert Crandall

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always…

— Michael P. Anderson

Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although…

— Anonymous

The planes are crowded and noisy and late, and everybody hates everybody. If armed terrorists had tried to hijack any of the…

— Dave Barry

Always wanted to be an Air Force pilot. I must admit that was my dream.

— Mayank Agarwal

It is futile to try to explain time in a place where time does not exist.

— Kasey Clark

The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock.

— Werner Molders

When I stepped in America outside of the plane, I said, 'I came home.'

— Enes Kanter

My biggest fear is being in a plane crash and not be able to tweet about it.

— Nikhil Saluja

I'm flying all around the world, and it's hard to be settled.

— Yuan Yuan Tan

Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane, never to return again but always in my heart.

— Maroon 5

And, of course, customers really need to feel safe and are seeking reassurance when they fly.

— David Neeleman

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.

— Felix Baumgartner

I never sleep on the plane. I have to be awake and using my mind power to keep it in the air

— Jen Lancaster

I'm scared to death to fly commercial I have not flown commercial since 9/11.

— Brett Hull

“My body is treated like a public space. 62 Air travel is another kind of hell.”

— Roxane Gay

Yes, I am a pilot. I am a flight instructor and a commercial pilot.

— Treat Williams

Out of all the airports that are out there only about 5 percent have commercial service.

— Chris Brown

If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter... and therefore, unsafe.

— Anonymous

Buddy of mine once told me that he'd rather fly a jet than kiss his girl. Said it gave him more of…

— Jerry O'Connell