
Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
I would like to die in my sleep like my father did, not in screaming terror like his passengers.
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science.
A mile of highway will take you just one mile, but a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
It is absolutely imperative that an airplane is airborne just before it ceases to be an airplane.

The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? —it is the same the angels breathe.