Quotes on Airplanes

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.

Author: Michael Anderson

These airplanes we have today are no more than a perfection of a child's toy made of paper.

Author: Henri Coanda

Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

Author: Ferdinand Foch

I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.

Author: Chris Hadfield

Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti.

Author: Thor Heyerdahl

After the loss of Columbia a couple of years ago, I think we were reminded of the risk. All of us, though, have always known that the Space Shuttle is a very risky vehicle, much more risky than even flying airplanes in combat.

Author: Mark Kelly

Everything from airplanes to kitchen blenders and even chopsticks comes with an instruction manual. Children, despite all their complexity, do not.

Author: Lawrence Kutner

I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.

Author: Niki Lauda

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Author: Charles Lindbergh

I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Author: Charles Lindbergh

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

Author: Vladimir Nabokov

I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room.

Author: Bill Nye

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

Author: Satchel Paige

It does not make sense that we are allowing known potential weapons, not unlike those the 9-11 hijackers used to overcome the crews of four airplanes, to be taken aboard passenger aircraft.

Author: Dave Reichert

Later, in the early teens, I used to ride my bike every Saturday morning to the nearest airport, ten miles away, push airplanes in and out of the hangars, and clean up the hangars.

Author: Alan Shepard