Air Quote by Eric Allin Cornell

Growing up in the 1960s, I can't remember a time when I wasn't fascinated by airplanes and rockets.

— Leroy Chiao

We didn't have practical model rockets in the '50s. The ones we made were very dangerous and the kids that played with them didn't…

— Burt Rutan

I suppose I built my share of model airplanes, but I can't remember that I was a flying fanatic.

— Gus Grissom

As soon as I jumped out of the airplane, I realized I had forgotten my parachute. Thank God we were still on the runway.

— Demetri Martin

I was way into space and planes. I had loads of model planes and rockets.

— Rich Fulcher

The rocket had worked perfectly, and all I had to do was survive the reentry forces. You do it all, in a flight like…

— Alan Shepard

I had to jump out of a plane! The shoot was for an editorial for a magazine; and it called for skydiving.

— Bridget Hall

I did a tandem parachute jump when I opened a golf course in Atlanta, Georgia. I jumped out of a plane at 15,000 feet…

— Eddie the Eagle

The very first experiments with building rockets and firing them off were carried out by students at Cal Tech in 1937, '38 and '39.…

— Ray Bradbury

Growing up, I was fascinated with Buck Rogers' airplanes. As I began to mature in World War II, it became jets and rocket planes.…

— Buzz Aldrin

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets…

— Stewart O'Nan

The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll…

— Sally Ride