mulro767 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Here's mine: "There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight." — Elrey Borge Jeppesen 3 Quote
Marauder Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Chuck Yeager "It's the man, not the machine" 1 Quote
bumper Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Hey, what's this switch for? Umm, where are we? Don't run out of altitude, airspeed, and ideas all at the same time. Oh $^it! Quote
ArtVandelay Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Watch this! Last said by a Cirrus salesman. Quote
rbuck Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 “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 8 Quote
Fly By Night Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots. 2 Quote
Mooney65E Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 It's always better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than to be in the air wishing you were on the ground. 5 Quote
mooney389 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 What are mountain goats doing up here? Quote
NotarPilot Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 "I never met an airplane I didn't like" - Clay Lacy Quote
flyboy0681 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 "Hours of total boredom with minutes of sheer terror" 2 Quote
Bob_Belville Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 An airplane will probably fly a little bit overgross but it sure won't fly without fuel. Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. Rule one: No matter what else happens, fly the airplane. Fly it until the last piece stops moving. Believe your instruments. 1 Quote
DAVIDWH Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 "I really don't understand all the hoop-la about flying instruction, to go up you pull back, to go down, you pull back more." "What could be easier than that?" John Jackson RIP 1 Quote
Cabanaboy Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung My eager craft through footless halls of air.... Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace Where never lark nor even eagle flew— And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod The high untrespassed sanctity of space, Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.John Gillespie Magee 4 Quote
DonMuncy Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 Flying is not inherently dangerous, but the air, even more than the sea, is unforgiving of incompetence, neglect or poor judgment. 7 Quote
Jeff H. Posted August 20, 2014 Report Posted August 20, 2014 "Never let the facts get in the way of a good story." -- somehow associated with Yeager. I believe a contemporary described him as embodying this concept. Quote
Piloto Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 "Is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" Neil Armstrong on the Moon July 20, 1969 For those that missed watching it on live TV www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMINSD7MmT4 José Quote
201er Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 "Flying isn't dangerous, crashing is!" -me Quote
Bob_Belville Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 Flying is not inherently dangerous, but the air, even more than the sea, is unforgiving of incompetence, neglect or poor judgment. Don, I was looking for this one. A gem: Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. ~Captain A. G. Lamplugh, London, 1930's This site has a lot of great quotes and they are attributed, a good thing. www.limalima.com/aviation_quote_of_the_month.htm example: A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skills. ~Frank Borman - Apollo 8 3 Quote
Bob_Belville Posted August 21, 2014 Report Posted August 21, 2014 Hard to pick just one... You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman and there isn’t any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane. ~Earnest Hemingway, Colliers, 1944 A mile of highway will take you a mile, a mile of runway will take you anywhere.~Steve, Blogger from Ohio God forgives man the time spent looking at airplane photos.~Barrett Tillman, aircraft historian and author Pilots vs. Drones Drones will not be late to briefings, start fights at happy hour, destroy clubs, attempt to seduce others' dates, spill flaming hookers, purchase huge watches, insult other services, sing O'Leary's Balls, dance on tables, yell "Show us your tits!" or do all of the other things that we know win wars!~Attributed to a USAF fighter pilot 4 Quote
mike_elliott Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 When Gus Grissom answered the question "the only time I was afraid was right before liftoff, when I realized that every component in the Mercury Capsule went to the lowest bidder" RIP Gus 4 Quote
Gone Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 Flying is not inherently dangerous, but the air, even more than the sea, is unforgiving of incompetence, neglect or poor judgment. + 1 If you are not paying attention, Gaia will kill you. At sea it can take up to four or five hours. In the air, it will take only minutes. 1 Quote
47U Posted August 22, 2014 Report Posted August 22, 2014 "If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible." - Bob Hoover Quote
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