Aircraft Quote by Howard Hughes

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

— Gus Grissom

If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew…

— Graham Hawkes

I feel privileged and honored to have flown. It's been a tremendous ride, looking back on the legacy and accomplishments, like the Hubble telescope…

— Alan G. Poindexter

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.

— Ross Perot

It was absolutely perfect. You can handle this large aircraft as you can handle a bicycle.

— Jacques Rosay

“The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing. Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building.”

— Toba Beta

I was engaged in what I believe to be the most thrilling industry in the world-aviation. My heart still leaps when I see a…

— William A. Patterson

If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA to build…

— Ross Perot

I had a great life at Boeing. I'd been there for 37 years and contributed to all the Boeing airplanes as a designer: the…

— Alan Mulally

Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like…

— Wally Schirra

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

— Jim Courier