All Ernest K. Gann Quotes
- I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2. Boat
- 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 put… Airplane
- 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… Battalions
- He knew that we gave constant lip service to the dictates of safety and howled like Christians condemned to the arena if any compromise were… Any
- 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… All
- Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps. Anyone
- There are airmen and there are pilots: the first being part bird whose view from aloft is normal and comfortable, a creature whose brain and… Actually Make
- Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal. Book
- There are two kinds of airplanes - those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a distinct understanding at… Airplane
- Electronics were rascals, and they lay awake nights trying to find some way to screw you during the day. You could not reason with them.… Awake
- And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on… Ascended
- Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time. Builds
- 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 and… All
- The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It's the one you can't train for that kills you. Almost Never
- 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… Air
- It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living. Favorable
- Fear breeds upon itself because it is a hermaphrodite capable of endless reproduction. Fear is a contagious disease, spreading from its first victim to others… Afterbirth
- Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell. All