Quotes About Aviation

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

I once made myself black out by pulling G too quickly while flying an F-18. Being unconscious in a single-seat airplane is not good. Fortunately, I woke up in time. I learned how to better plug-in my anti-G suit.

Aviation offered such fun as crossing the continent in planes large and small, trying the whirling rotors of an autogiro, making record flights. With these activities came opportunity to know women everywhere who shared my conviction that there is so much women can do in the modern world and should be permitted to do irrespective of their sex.

Children often ask me, they say, 'Well, how do you become a fighter pilot, or how do you become an astronaut, or...?' And I say, 'Love what you're doing and do it very well.'

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

Travelling is hard. I'm no traveller. I hate flying, and I hate hotels.

Never have I seen a man with a fighter plane do what Nishizawa would do with his zero. His acrobatics were all at once breathtaking, brilliant, totally unpredictable, impossible, and heard stirring to witness

Sir, I'm afraid that the quality of this airline is partly measured by on-time departures. And unfortunately, on-time departures are measured by when we left the gate, not by wheels-up.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos.

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

And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters.

The only time an aircraft has too much fuel on board is when it is on fire.

Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft

One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.

The moment right now, it's a tragically regressive time we live in, you know. We just grounded the Concorde. Where's the future? We've lost the future.

I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.

air hostesses, who, until the 1950s, had to be unmarried white women under the age of thirty-five.

The sound of the motor lulls him to sleep. (Joe) Great. I always wanted to fly with a narcoleptic pilot. (Steele)

Jeremy is as much use in that cockpit as a blow-up doll. Actually, that's not fair since the blow-up doll could be used as an air bag. (Carlos)

All attempts at artificial aviation are not only dangerous to human life, but foredoomed to failure from the engineering standpoint.

I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.