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Charles Lindbergh Quotes about Flying

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I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

Charles Lindbergh
Believe, Flying, Risk
Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

I'm not bound to be in aviation at all. I'm here only because I love the sky and flying more than anything else on earth. Of course there's danger; but a certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life. I don't believe in taking foolish chances' but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.

Charles Lindbergh
Believe, Sky, Flying
"The Spirit of St. Louis".

Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?

Charles Lindbergh
Beauty, Adventure, Flying
Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

Flying has torn apart the relationship of space and time: it uses our old clock but with new yardsticks.

Charles Lindbergh
Space, Flying, Use
Charles A. Lindbergh (1998). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.209, Simon and Schuster

I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

Charles Lindbergh
Years, Flying, Ordinary
Charles A. Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh (2003). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

And if at times you renounce experience and mind's heavy logic, it seems that the world has rushed along on its orbit, leaving you alone flying above a forgotten cloud bank, somewhere in the solitude of interstellar space.

Charles Lindbergh
Clouds, Space, Flying
Charles A. Lindbergh (1998). “The Spirit of St. Louis”, p.302, Simon and Schuster

At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has been primarily military and destructive.

Charles Lindbergh
Military, Flying, Historical

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