1960s Quote by Leroy Chiao

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

— Douglass North

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

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

I was fascinated by aeroplanes in my childhood. So, it was like I wanted to study science and then become a pilot.

— Mayank Agarwal

It was like I need something else in my life, and that's when I kind of went back to my childhood interest in aviation…

— Jared Isaacman

I was interested in flying beginning at age 7, when a close family friend took me in his little airplane. And I remember looking…

— David M. Brown

I kind of grew up around planes.

— Karen Pence

I've always been fascinated with the '60s in general.

— Mike Flanagan

I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what…

— Arnold Palmer

I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong…

— Bill Nye

I've been a space and aviation enthusiast since as long as I can remember.

— Jared Isaacman

Well, 'aerospace' was really not a name in my young life. Flying airplanes was. And I got my first try at flying - just…

— Wally Funk