Air Quote by Chesley Sullenberger

I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

— Mathias Rust

I made about fifty-four dollars a week and spent it on two flying lessons every week at the age of sixteen and was able…

— Kevin A. Ford

I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls.

— Kent McCord

As a kid I wanted to be a pilot.

— Pankaj Kapur

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

— Douglass North

My younger brothers are both pilots. They had their pilot's licenses, and I was impressed with how young they were. And I thought maybe…

— Mike Faist

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's…

— Ellen Ochoa

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.

— Will Wright

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

— Katie Jacobs Stanton

I got my first pilot license, an airplane private pilot license, in 1997 for the purpose of going to pick up my kids, who…

— Lorenzo Lamas

After high school in 1969, I was appointed to the Air Force Academy. In '73, I studied for my postgraduate degree and became a…

— Chesley Sullenberger

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

— John Barrowman