It was absolutely perfect. You can handle this large aircraft as you can handle a bicycle..

It occurred to me that if I did not handle the crash correctly, there would be no survivors..

‎‎‎‎Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity..

It's a great day for TWA..

There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts and it only has value when it's p….

Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals..

This fellow Charles Lindbergh will never make it. He's doomed..

Fly it like you stole it!.

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

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

It is not the visions but the activity which makes you happy, and the joy and glory of the flier is the flight itself..

Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off..

In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect airline for yourself, it w….

I am going to have a cup of tea, like any good Englishman..

In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create the kind of airline I'd like. So ….

We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to surviv….

Good flying never killed an enemy yet..

Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation..

For most of the time carrier aviation is more challenging than flying in a spacecraft.

It's hard to replace the gray matter that is inherent in every human being. No computer can do it quite that well yet..

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 se….