Quotes About Aviation

But were they Israeli planes dropping leaflets from the sky, or "flights of birds striking us with stones of baked clay" as if we were Ethiopians threatening Mecca in the Qur'an?

The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.

I started flying because I had a fear of it early on. I figured if I learned to fly, I would understand better what was happening and started taking lessons in the late 1950's, once I had made some money on tour.

Tourism is a very very important sector for us. Hospitality is an important sector for us. Civil Aviation is an important sector for us. In a country like India where they contribute to the GDP, not only GDP but millions of jobs have been provided through these sectors.

PAL continues to be the country's leading airline and significant promoter of Philippine tourism.

It is in the national interest to have the Flying Kangaroo. It's in the interests of our tourism industry. It's in the interests of jobs here in Australia.

Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament.

These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.

We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.

In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and one hour to get to the airport.

I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.

Orville Wright said to his brother, "Wilbur, you were only in the air for 12 seconds. How could my luggage be in Cleveland?"

Why are there no windows in the toilets on aeroplanes? To protect you from the most dedicated perverts on the planet, hanging off the wing to get a peep?

The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together.

The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.

Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.

We're constantly buying airplane tickets; we travel on the Concorde.

There is nothing safer than flying - it's crashing that is dangerous.

Fares are higher [and] people don't travel as much. If they don't do that, it doesn't have the trickle down effect into the economy and the other sectors.

We've only had aircrafts for a hundred years, and yet look at us. So, I've become absolutely fascinated by this strange, bizarre world of airports, air travel and transportation. It's interesting.

There are no practical alternatives to air transportation.