Aircraft Quote by Frank Herman Schofield

The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.

— Chuck Yeager

The most impressive airplane ever, I believe, was designed only a dozen years after the first operational jet. Stayed in service till it was…

— Burt Rutan

I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying…

— Gordon Cooper

Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive.

— Ernie Pyle

If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.

— Erwin McManus

Birds are the most accomplished aeronauts the world has ever seen. They fly high and low, at great speed, and very slowly. And always…

— David Attenborough

I'm not a big fan of Russian airlines where you can tell the plane is about 50 years old.

— Martin Kemp

It was unexpected. That's just how it was. I don't believe they were faster than us. I don't believe they had more heart or…

— Nat Turner

The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy.

— Manfred von Richthofen

At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has…

— Charles Lindbergh

Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence,…

— Charles Lindbergh

Flying was great. You have to think fast. You have to develop intuition about the physics of air moving quickly over a surface.

— James Gleick