Pilot Quotes

416 quotes by 360 authors

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her… — Abraham Lincoln
Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God. — Albert Scott Crossfield
Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven. — William T. Piper
Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the pilot who is… — Robert S. Johnson
She glances at the photo, and the pilot light of memory flickers in her eyes. — Frank Deford
Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down… — Wally Schirra
When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the… — Wally Schirra
And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be… — Eddie Rickenbacker
The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else… — Manfred von Richthofen
. . . my pilot pointed to his left front and above, and looking in the direction he pointed, I saw a long dark brown… — James McCudden
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot… — Adolf Galland
Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you had him licked… — David McCampbell
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
The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount of time, energy,… — Pappy Boyington
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. His trained hand… — Eddie Rickenbacker
Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew fourengines bombers during World War II. He was in… — Len Morgan
If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again,… — Charles H. MacDonald
There are pilots and there are pilots; with the good ones, it is inborn. You can't teach it. If you are a fighter pilot, you… — Robin Olds
Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot;… — Adolf Galland
An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both. — Adolf Galland

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