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Ed Dwight

(1933) Test Pilot

10 quotes in 47 categories

Ed Dwight is a test pilot.

Quick Facts About Ed Dwight

Born: September 9, 1933
Profession: Test Pilot

About Ed Dwight

[Wikidata] American sculptor and former test pilot... | [Wikipedia] Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. is an American sculptor, author, retired test pilot, and astronaut. Dwight enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1953 and was commissioned a lieutenant in 1955. In 1961, at the direction of President John F. Kennedy, he became the first African American to enter the Air Force tr

Quotes by Ed Dwight

There's always a fine line that divides hostility from neutrality, and I don't want to pass that line.

Always

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I was welding art from my house, making abstract figures out of metal.

Abstract

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I went to white schools and I didn't know anything about black history.

About

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What people don't know is art was my deal and engineering was my sidebar.

Art

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From the time I was a little itty-bitty kid, I was going to the airport every day. I began to study all…

Airport

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The basic thing you have to understand is everything that happens on that spaceship, from the time you crawl into that seat…

Determination

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I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and…

Astronaut

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Regardless of what you feel about Obama and his politics - screw all that. The fact of the matter is, he was…

Being

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I wanted to be on the cover of Life magazine.

Cover

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I did this whole series on the buffalo soldiers-on black soldiers-I did another series on black cowboys, and I presented myself to…

Black

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