Aviation Quotes

I didn't start out to chart the skies; it's just no one had done it before.

Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.

It takes nerves of steel to stay neurotic.

Fly and you will catch the swallow.

A very friendly boom, like a pair of gleeful handclaps.

Buddy of mine once told me that he'd rather fly a jet than kiss his girl. Said it gave him more of a kick.

To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster.

It is not enough to just ride this earth. You have to aim higher, try to take off, even fly. It is our duty.

I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.

I have discovered that a screw-shaped device such as this, if it is well made from starched linen, will rise in the air if turned quickly.

More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.

All agreed that the sensation of coasting on the air was delightful.

Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only moments in which they truly lived.

It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors.

There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast!

Aviation is going to control the world economically and militarily whether we like it or not. Airpower is not merely military aviation, it is also civilian aviation and airpower is peace power.

As of 1992, in fact-though the picture would have improved since then-the money that had been made since the dawn of aviation by all of this country's airline companies was zero. Absolutely zero.

Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.

The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.

Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.

Oh well, I suppose lots of people will do it now.

I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.

Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out.

It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers.

That's what we're trained to do.

An aircraft which is used by wealthy people on their expense accounts, whose fares are subsidized by much poorer taxpayers.

I flew in combat in Vietnam. I got shot at, I shot back, I got shot down. Compared to this flight, I felt a lot safer in combat.

The airman must possess absolutely untroubled nerves.

When asked by someone how much money flying takes: Why, all of it!

This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed.

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

It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

Aviators live by hours, not by days.

A commercial aircraft is a vehicle capable of supporting itself aerodynamically and economically at the same time.

Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.'

She flew like a bird, only faster.

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

That's the best way to cross the Atlantic.

The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'

As you know, birds do not have sexual organs because they would interfere with flight.

If you would look up bad labor relations in the dictionary, you would have an American Airlines logo beside it.

The first company to produce a certified two seat electric aircraft with a 1.5 hour range will dominate the aviation training market.

To the aircraft I aim, not the man.

You cannot get one nickel for commercial flying.

It's hard to replace the gray matter that is inherent in every human being. No computer can do it quite that well yet.

Four semesters of organic chemistry made a pilot out of me.

Simplicate, and add lightness!

We are pleased we haven't got one on order. It's too big an aircraft.

Never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area.