Aviation Quotes - Page 4

In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.

I tell you, we're going to be busy for a minute.

He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

All the calculations show it can't work. There's only one thing to do: make it work.

When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower.

I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.

Only air power can defeat air power. The actual elimination or even stalemating of an attacking air force can be achieved only by a superior air force.

Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.

The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space.

Good flying never killed an enemy yet.

I have flown ValuJet. ValuJet is a safe airline, as is our entire aviation system.

As a businessman, Frank Lorenzo gives capitalism a bad name.

This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour.

You've got to treat people as equals, and make them feel like it's their company. I don't know if I've had any impact or helped persuade Frank [to sell Eastern]. But, I can tell you, there were many discussions on the subject.

You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.

I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here.

How could they possibly be Japanese planes?

The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.

The Boeing 747 is the commuter train of the global village.

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

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

Let's get one thing straight: there's no such thing as the Bristol sound.

Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.