Posted by: rbrown3rd - Wednesday, 08 June 2005 15:12

On a windy day let's go flying
There may be no trees to rest on
There may be no clouds to ride
But we'll have our wings and the wind will be with us
That's enough for me, that's enough for me. (Yoko Ono)

Posted by: rbrown3rd - Thursday, 02 June 2005 03:00

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;" (-----John Gillespie Magee, Jr.)

Posted by: rbrown3rd - Saturday, 28 May 2005 03:07

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things . . ." (— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

Posted by: rbrown3rd - Saturday, 28 May 2005 03:06

"My soul is in the sky." (— William Shakespeare, 'A Midsummer Night's Dream,')

Posted by: rbrown3rd - Saturday, 28 May 2005 03:05

"The most beautiful dream that has haunted the heart of man since Icarus is today reality" (— Louis Bleriot)

Posted by: rbrown3rd - Saturday, 28 May 2005 03:04

"For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly." (— Gary Claud Stokor)

Posted by: Admin - Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:38

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot. (— Chuck Yeager)

Posted by: Admin - Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:38

A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying. (— Louise Thaden)

Posted by: Admin - Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:37

A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. (— Antoine de Saint Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 193)

Posted by: Admin - Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:36

In soloing -- as in other activities -- it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it. (— Amelia Earhart, '20 Hours: 40 minutes,')

Posted by: Admin - Thursday, 26 May 2005 17:35

What is chiefly needed is skill rather than machinery. (— Wilbur Wright, 1902.)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:12

"No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings." (William Blake)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:11

"My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home" (Richard Bach, 'Stranger to the Ground,' 1963.)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:10

"To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home." (Anon.)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:10

"Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive." (Ernie Pyle)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:09

"If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets." (Mel Brooks)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:08

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

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:08

"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)

Posted by: Admin - Saturday, 21 May 2005 16:05

"The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 'Wind, Sand, and Stars,' 1939.)

Posted by: Admin - Sunday, 15 May 2005 22:21

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)