Aeroplane Quotes

59 quotes by 43 authors

The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence. — Eddie Rickenbacker
There's something wonderfully exciting about the quiet sing song of an aeroplane overhead with all the guns in creation lighting out at it, and searchlights… — John Dos Passos
Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although the view out… — Mark Hanna
There is no reason why the aeroplane should not open up a fruitful occupation for women. — Harriet Quimby
I hold that in the flight of the soaring birds (the vultures, the eagles, and other birds which fly without flapping) ascension is produced by… — Unknown Author
It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to the… — Thomas A. Edison
Few people who know of the work of Langley, Lilienthal, Pilcher, Maxim and Chanute but will be inclined to believe that long before the year… — H.G. Wells
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… — Simon Newcomb
The aeroplane is an invention of the devil and will never play any part in such a serious business as the defence of the nation,… — Unknown Author
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service. — Unknown Author
In less than twenty-five years . . . the motor-car will be obsolete, because the aeroplane will run along the ground as well as fly… — Philip Gibbs
The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the aeroplane, though it… — Unknown Author
In the short walk between his aeroplane and reaching the outside world at Heathrow, Michael Bywater encountered no fewer than 93 separate notices telling him… — Alexander Waugh
And one day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea. But for now we are young; let us… — Jeff Mangum
I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing. — Winston Churchill
The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical… — Charles Lindbergh
I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked… — Haile Gebrselassie
Aeroplane journeys give me quiet time to read and sleep; it's like being unplugged from the earth. — Linda Gray
I think aerobatic pilots make the best pilots because you know, you're just so confident in an aeroplane. If you're gonna get into trouble, I'd… — Janine Shepherd
I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane. — Al Gore

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