Quotes on Airplanes And Flying

Travelers are always discoverers, especially those who travel by air. There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.

The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.

The reason birds can fly and we can't is simply that they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.

I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Whether outwardly or inwardly, whether in space or time, the farther we penetrate the unknown, the vaster and more marvelous it becomes.