The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We sweat in the cockpit, though much of the time we fly with the side windows… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Fear breeds upon itself because it is a hermaphrodite capable of endless reproduction. Fear is a contagious disease, spreading from its first victim to… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
As the years go by, he returns to this invisible world rather than to earth for peace and solace. There also he finds a… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
“Those ever more frequent nights when his loneliness became unbearable and he took solace in wine he would sometimes stand outside his tent holding… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are victims to the spell. Their world is like a magic island in which the factors of life… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
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
The men in this book are fictitious characters but their counterparts can be found in cockpits all over the world. Now they are flying… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
It doesn't look nearly as big as it did the first time I saw one. Mickey McGuire and I used to sit hour after… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
During this period Steen and Fox were killed trying a single-engine instrument approach at Moline. Then Campbell and Leatherman hit a ridge near Elko,… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts.… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
It's when things are going just right that you'd better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world is yours… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share
