Across Quote by Peter Diamandis

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's…

— Ellen Ochoa

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but…

— Bill Bryson

Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their authors. That…

— Richard Bach

I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

— Howard Hughes

Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic? Lindbergh. Who was the second? No idea.

— Tim O'Reilly

As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit…

— Orlando Bloom

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

— Sidney Poitier

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people…

— Josephine Baker

After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket…

— A. Scott Berg

What a lot of people don't know about me is that I'm a pilot myself.

— James Doohan

I immediately loved flying from my first flight and knew that in some way it was going to be a part of my future…

— Fred Haise

My brother is my inspiration. From being a star student in school, to the perfect boy next door - he was adored by everyone…

— Bhuvan Bam