Based Quote by Henri Coanda

These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a toy made of paper children use to play with. My opinion…

— Henri Coanda

I have always felt it is my destiny to build a machine that would allow man to fly.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

— Lord Kelvin

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as…

— Neil Armstrong

I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made.

— Octave Chanute

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping…

— Igor Sikorsky

It is apparent to me that the possibilities of the aeroplane, which two or three years ago were thought to hold the solution to…

— Thomas A. Edison

I wish for many reasons flying had never been invented.

— Stanley Baldwin

I imagine a future aircraft, which will take off vertically, fly as usual, and land vertically. This flying machine should have no moving parts.…

— Henri Coanda

We don't have the capability today to put a human being in space of any kind, shape or form, which is absolutely, totally unacceptable…

— Anonymous

When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab, you really…

— Michael Dickinson

Pilots enjoy the fun and challenge of handling the fancy machine.

— Philip Greenspun