AviationGeeks.com - Best Aviation Quotes

"The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport." - Orville Wright

“Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” - Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

"In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it." - Amelia Earhart

"Without ammunition, the USAF would be just another expensive flying club." - Unknown

"I have seen the science I worshiped, and the aircraft I loved, destroying the civilization I expected them to serve." - Charles Lindbergh

"With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made." - Stephen Coonts

"A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight." - Orville Wright

“Each and every one of the security measures we implement serves an important goal: providing safe and efficient air travel for the millions of people who rely on our aviation system every day.” - Janet Napolitano

"A pilot who doesn't have any fear probably isn't flying his plane to its maximum." - Jon McBride

"You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky." - Amelia Earhart

"No data on air propellers was available, but we had always understood that it was not a difficult matter to secure an efficiency of 50% with marine propellers." - Orville Wright

“In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young.” - Mary Garden

"To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home." - Unknown

"Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers." - Unknown

"Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you." - Unknown

"The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall." - Orville Wright

“The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.” - William Langewiesche

"Mankind has a perfect record in aviation; we never left one up there!" - Unknown

"We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet." - Cecil Day Lewis

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

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." - Leonardo da Vinci

"Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven." - William T. Piper

"If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to." - Unknown

“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.” - Kim Novak

"There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast!" - Roscoe Turner

"It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane." - Charles Lindbergh

"Can the magic of flight ever be carried by words? I think not." - Michael Parfit

"Science, freedom, beauty, adventure: what more could you ask of life?" - Charles A. Lindbergh

“I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.” - Michael P. Anderson

"My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home." - Richard Bach

"Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying." - Neil Armstrong

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things…" - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes." - Charles Lindbergh

"The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." - Sir Walter Raleigh