Aviation Quotes

307 quotes by 216 authors

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. — Neil Armstrong
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the… — Douglas Adams
More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background… — Cecil Beaton
In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. — Robert Benchley
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. — Mel Brooks
When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the… — Kalpana Chawla
I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be… — Michael P. Anderson
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything. — Otto Lilienthal
My first wife didn't like to fly, either. — Gordon Baxter
The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to… — Benny Hill
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking. — Jonathan Swift
Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be. — Will Durant
In response to how he checked the weather, "I just whip out my blue card with a hole in it and read what it says:… — Gordon Baxter
Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God. — Gordon Baxter
Nothing said I had to crash. — Bob Hoover
People think it would be fun to be a bird because you could fly. But they forget the negative side, which is the preening. — Jack Handey
You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs. — Martin Caidin
What is that mountain goat doing way up here in the clouds? — Gary Larson
Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive. — Ernie Pyle
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… — Ernest K. Gann

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