Airline Quote by Joe Sutter

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

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 is not possible . . . to concentrate enough military planes with military loads over a modern city to destroy that city.

— John Thomason

Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we've lost and what leisure we've sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow,…

— Ginger Rogers

I'm telling you, just attach a big parachute TO THE PLANE ITSELF! Is anyone listening to me?!

— Jack Handey

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

— Anonymous

I have wanted to fly into space for many years, but never imagined it would really be feasible.

— Stephen Hawking

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

To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.

— Otto Lilienthal

The first plane ride was in a homemade glider my buddy and I built. Unfortunately we didn't get more than four feet off the…

— Alan Shepard

We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.

— Picabo Street

Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross…

— Gordon Bethune