Quotes About Aviation

Rose: But when you're in the air, and the sky above you is a sea of gray mist and the land below you is all green, the silver balloons float in between like a school of shining silver whales, bobbing a little in the wind. They are as big as buses, and I and every other pilot have a healthy fear of them because their teathering cables are loaded with explosives to try to snarl up enemy aircraft.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet.

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.

A lot of people ask why I don't fly for the airlines now. It's because of the rebel in me that doesn't like rules.

I don't know if I could rebuild an airplane engine, but I know a little bit about rotors and rivets.

Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.

I'm quite scared of flying, and especially helicopters, I don't like them at all.

I flew helicopters, which actually is the second best view of the earth. The first best view is, I think, a little bit higher.

Of course, you always have to be concerned about hijacking. But with the measures that are in place right now, I'd say that probably the airways are as safe as they've been in a good number of years.

We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th.

EVERY PILOT REMEMBERS his first flight. For me, it was in a Cessna 172 at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia, in 1968.

I can't stop watching 'Pan Am.' When I was growing up, my father worked as an engineer in Turkey, and we always flew Pan Am. The stewardesses were so glamorous! When they gave me a set of those golden wings, I felt very grown-up. Not only is the show's plot full of mystery and infidelity, they get the period details just right.

My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

You can have the best technology, but if you have an inside job of a worker that has access to the plane that's corrupted or bribed or radicalized, they can get a bomb on that aircraft and blow it up.

If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?

The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world.

You've never lived till you've flown!

LaGuardia Airport is tiny compared to its sleek modern counterparts, like Atlanta or Denver with their endless parallel runways spread over thousands of acres.

Just had a close call landing in Tampa. The tires blew out upon landing.

Flying, for some reason, has never been my favorite thing, but after taking some aviation classes and reading about it and learning about it... They've been doing this for over a hundred years, they've been to the moon and back; they kind of have a good system going here.

Flight attendants need to think on their feet and walk on their toes. An emergency landing can't be steered by a pot-bellied cabin crew that crawls or belly-walks.