Quotes About Aviation

I got into college, and a gentleman gave me a ride in a plane, and he flipped it upside down so we're inverted flying, like it was nothing, and from that moment forward, I fell in love with it. I said, 'I've got to learn this; I've got to do this.'

LaGuardia is jammed into just 680 urban acres; taxiways are tight; runways intersect; you can't launch a departure until the arrival on the other runway crosses the threshold or else the airplanes will ... collide.

Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.

Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.

We need to stop making wide-body seats on airplanes, stop accommodating that, because it's not healthy.

If we would have had the 262 at our disposal - even with all the delays - if we could have had in '44, ah, let's say three hundred operational, that day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that's for sure.

The reality is the three gulf carriers - Emirates, Qatar and Etihad - are forces with which to be reckoned. Strategic investments by co-operative governments have given them large fleets and huge airports. They have created a flourishing environment while established carriers languish.

If the plane you fly has a true airspeed of 120 to 180 knots, you need to be thinking about weather at least 120 miles to 180 miles ahead of your present position. That means the conditions you'll face at least one hour in front of your present position should be carefully considered now.

With respect to altitude, MEA means you would fly the highest of the following: Minimum en route altitude, Expected altitude, or Assigned altitude. When do you leave your clearance limit? That depends.

Hold east of Appleton VOR on the 090 degree radial, 5 nautical mile legs, left turns, expect further clearance at 1630 Zulu, time now 1600 Zulu.").

The third and final point is to anticipate an EFC time from air traffic control all the time. If the controller does not issue an EFC to you, request one as soon as possible. You may need that time should your communications radio fail after receiving your clearance. The expect-further-clearance time sets the occasion for the next steps to take should a radio failure occur.

However, FAR 91.167 does not take into account the additional fuel reserves that might be needed for vectoring while en route toward—or in the terminal area of—your destination.

N2864F, line up and wait.

I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.

I think you jump into things without thinking ahead very much because I had never been in an airplane - even in a commercial airliner. I had never flown at all. I just wanted to be commissioned, to be a commissioned officer.

I went on to Oklahoma State University, who was the best flight school in the United States at that time from the mid '50s on to the '70s.

To show you I'm sure that you'll never do this again, I want you to service my F-51 tomorrow.

We were at sixty thousand feet. You're thirty percent lighter up there.

I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class.

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

Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport was one of only three very special airports named for men who died in a plane crash.

My gad, one of them, warrant officer pilot, captain and M. C. in turn said to me once; if you can treat a crate that way, why do you want to fly at all?

They think if something is simple enough to be put in a checklist, a monkey can do it. Well, if that's true, grab a pilot's checklist and try your luck with a 747.

Chris Grabenstein