Best 283 quotes in «aviation quotes» category

It is well to moor your bark with two anchors.

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

It's a great day for TWA.

It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out?

It's Bernoulli not Marconi that flies the airplane.

It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.

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

It's all right if your automobile goes wrong while you are driving it. You can get out in the road and tinker with it. But if your airplane breaks down, you can't sit on a convenient cloud and tinker with that!

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

It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a [section]. The were made to fly as wingman, instead.

It takes nerves of steel to stay neurotic.

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

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

I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the knowledge that the unknown is what will finally kill me, to know all there is to be known about my airplane. I will never die.

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

I've said many times that I'd be thrilled to sell the airline to the employees and our guys said no, we'll take all the money, anyway.

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.

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

Keep thy airspeed up, less the earth come from below and smit thee.

I was sold on flying as soon as I had a taste for it.

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

Live thy life as it were spoil and pluck the joys that fly.

Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.

Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?

Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders.

MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could put in a dive, loose a cylinder and stall out!

Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

Mayor Daley has no honor and his word has no value. The sneaky way he did this shows that he knows it was wrong. We're not going to allow the mayor to hide behind the fiction of homeland security for his reprehensible action.

Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.

My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home.

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.

Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.

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

Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals.

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

Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.

No guts, no glory. If you are going to shoot him down, you have to get in there and mix it up with him.

Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.

Nothing said I had to crash.

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

Never quit. Never give up. Fly it to the end.

Of the major incentives to improve safety, by far the most compelling is that of economics. The moral incentive, which is most evident following an accident, is more intense but is relatively short lived.

Once you get hooked on the airline business, it's worse than dope.

Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.

Pan Am can go to hell.

Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly.