The men in this book are fictitious characters but their counterparts can be found in cockpits all over the world. Now they are flying a war. Tomorrow they will be flying a peace, for, regardless of the world's condition, flying… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
If we slide into one of those rare moments of military honesty, we realize that the technical demands of modern warfare are so complex a considerable percentage of our material is bound to malfunction even before it is deployed against… — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell. — 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 Image
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 Image
There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps. — Ernest K. Gann 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
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 Image
Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. — Ernest K. Gann Copy Share Image
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 Image
