Quotes about Aviation

Gulf Lesson One is the value of airpower.

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

Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationships of women with the creations of science.

One of the pilots asked Mr. Smith if he liked his business, and Mr. Smith said, Sure. Sure I like it. It's nice being the only sound nut in a hatful of cracked ones. ---Stewardess to Cecelia Brady

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

When I was a little girl, my father, who was a high-ranking officer, pilot, and an avionics specialist in the United States military, would hoist me up onto the elevator - the flight control surface located at the tail of his airplane. From up there I could get a glimpse of the world as he saw it.

You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky.

I always wanted to be a pilot.