Air Quote by Chesley Sullenberger

I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test…

— Alan G. Poindexter

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted…

— Mark Kelly

I spent one semester in Air Force ROTC, as I wanted to be a pilot.

— Katie Jacobs Stanton

I went into the Air Corps from 1943 through 1945.

— Bobby Thomson

I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.

— Chesley Sullenberger

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air…

— Leon Askin

At an early age, I quit high school at 17 and joined the Air Force.

— Sandy Adams

I was a naval officer and aviator. I tested airplanes and got selected to be an astronaut later on.

— Jim Lovell

As a kid I wanted to be a pilot.

— Pankaj Kapur

I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.

— Roman Romanenko

I wanted to become a pilot. My cousin is a pilot so I really wanted to fly.

— Tanishk Bagchi

My whole life, I wanted to be a fighter pilot; it's what I wanted to do. I set up all of my classes for…

— Mike Vogel