Quotes about Aviation

He imagines the plane exploding as it touches down, ignited by one of its glints, in a ball of red flame shadowed in black like you see on TV all the time, and he is shocked to find within himself, imagining this, not much emotion, just a cold thrill at being a witness, a kind of bleak wonder at the fury of chemicals, and relief that he hadn't been on the plane himself but was instead safe on this side of the glass, with his faint pronged sense of doom.

Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist.

No one but an aviator has a right to look down on others.

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

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?

when the little boy discovered, at four, the same thing Mr. Smith had learned earlier -- that only birds and planes could fly -- he lost all interest in himself.

This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.

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.

Private jets cost a lot of money.

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.