The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.
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.
The best safety device is a careful pilot.
To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.
The cockpit was my office. It was my home. It was everything to me.
The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.
It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science.
The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
A mile of highway will take you just one mile, but a mile of runway can take you anywhere.
The moment you become airborne, you leave a piece of yourself on the ground forever.
It's not flying that scares me, it's crashing.
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.
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
I'd rather be in the cockpit of an airplane any day than be a president.