Pilots Quotes

May the strength of God pilot us, may the wisdom of God instruct us, may the hand of God protect us, may the word of God direct us. Be always ours this day and for evermore.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the finest film producer in Hollywood, the greatest pilot in the world, and the richest man in the world.

Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while

We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.

Any group of persons – prisoners, primitives, pilots, or patients – develop a life of their own that becomes meaningful, reasonable and normal once you get close to it.

If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.

There are pilots and there are pilots; with the good ones, it is inborn. You can't teach it. If you are a fighter pilot, you have to be willing to take risks.

The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock.

Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you had him licked before you started shooting.

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone

A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.

Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.

An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a good one.

You can never be an entrepreneur if you're afraid to lose money. It's like being a pilot who is afraid of bad weather.

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.

Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.

It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a [section]. The were made to fly as wingman, instead.