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Always keep a sharp lookout. "Keep your finger out"!
This industry attracts more capital than it deserves.
I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it.
The airman must possess absolutely untroubled nerves.
The good thing about flying solo is it's never boring.
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.
A very friendly boom, like a pair of gleeful handclaps.
I showed it is possible to fly a little bit like a bird.
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
Always carry through an attack when you have started it.
I have always been an aviation nerd. I read the magazines.
I am going to have a cup of tea, like any good Englishman.
I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.
It is not unreasonable to look upon Concorde as a miracle.
Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.
I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.
There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast!
Four semesters of organic chemistry made a pilot out of me.
The Boeing 747 is the commuter train of the global village.
As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.
We don't really have any kind of regulatory structure at all.
Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.
Can the magic of flight ever be carried by words? I think not.
Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.
This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed.
I just made a balls of it, old boy. That's all there was to it.
Flying without feathers is not easy: my wings have no feathers.
The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy.
Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.
Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out.
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
Sometimes you have to go up really high to see how small you are.
Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.
They say it's better than sex. It's so much better. It's amazing.
I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down.
Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
When asked by someone how much money flying takes: Why, all of it!
If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and lose it quickly.
Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.
You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.
Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smit thee.
It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!
All agreed that the sensation of coasting on the air was delightful.
Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?
We are pleased we haven't got one on order. It's too big an aircraft.
We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off.