Flying Quotes

1248 Flying quotes by 927 unique authors

If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying is voluntary. — Robert Crandall
I wish for many reasons flying had never been invented. — Stanley Baldwin
Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it. — Calvin Coolidge
One can get a proper insight into the practice of flying only by actual flying experiments. . . . The manner in which we have… — Otto Lilienthal
Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to… — Neil Armstrong
Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly. — Gene Cernan
Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have… — Charles Rumney Samson
Flying is done largely with the imagination. — Wolfgang Langewiesche
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a… — Unknown Author
There's a lot of Hollywood bullshit about flying. I mean, look at the movies about test pilots or fighter pilots who face imminent death. The… — Robin Olds
I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and… — Bob Hoover
Airshow flying is tough, it's even tougher if you do something stupid. Don't do nuthin dumb! — Ralph Royce
I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots… — William Langewiesche
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… — Ernest K. Gann
Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time. — Ernest K. Gann
I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal airlines (and because… — Mary Schiavo
In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress. — Tom Gross
Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality. — Charles Lindbergh
You only have to bat 1.000 in two things-flying and heart transplants. Everything else, you can go four in five. — Beano Cook
A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me… — Blaise Cendrars

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