Major Richard Bong was an example of the tragic and terrible price we must pay to maintain principles of human rights, of greater value than life itself. This gallant Air Force hero will be remembered because he made his final contribution to aviation in the dangerous role of test pilot of an untried experimental plane, a deed that places him among the stout-hearted pioneers who gave their lives in the conquest of sky and space.
The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver. - Eddie Rickenbacker
The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.
- Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do. - Eddie Rickenbacker
Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.
I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes. - Eddie Rickenbacker
I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.
The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through. - Eddie Rickenbacker
The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. - Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to… - Eddie Rickenbacker
The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to…
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee… - Eddie Rickenbacker
If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old styles survive because they are fit to survive. The guarantee…
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievem… - Eddie Rickenbacker
Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievem…
I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there. - Eddie Rickenbacker
I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.
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