Quotes About Aviation

all the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it.

I-uh-have the utmost respect for Yamamoto-san. If it had not been for him, there would be no naval aviation. However-the most brilliant man can occasionally make a mistake.

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain.

It was the most romantic plane ever made.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.

What flying teaches you is to overcome fear with knowledge.

Owning a drone does not a pilot make.

Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.

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.

If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your life.

Most people hear an airplane in the sky and think, 'There's an airplane,' and go back to what they were doing. A few folks look around for the airplane, try to figure out what kind of plane it is, and watch it from the time they spot it to the time it disappears on the horizon, maybe after that. Those kids are the ones who will be pilots." He pointed at me. "I knew that about you. I've just been waiting for you to show up.

I remembered what Mr. Hall had told me when I first asked him for a lesson: the kids who watch planes are destined to be pilots.

It's going to be a pretty day to fly.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

As soon as we left the ground I knew I myself had to fly!

Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

It was generally called the "powder puff derby" and those who flew in it variously as "Ladybirds", "Angels" or "Sweethearts of the Air". (We are still trying to get ourselves called just "pilots".)

Sullenberger later wrote about [air traffic controller] Harten, "his words let me know that he understood that these hard choices were mine to make, and it wasn't going to help if he tried to dictate a plan to me.

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport....

The summer two Cessnas collided in midair and the sky rained bodies into a grove of trees where everyone was in the middle of having afternoon sex.