TOP 20 Inspiring Aviation Quotes | Pilot Quotes

Quotes:

1. “Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.”
   - Neil Armstrong -


2. “Pilots are drawn to flying because it's a perfect combination of science, romance and adventure.”
   - Charles Lindbergh -


3. “Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see.”
   - Charles A. Lindbergh -


4. “Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”
   - Eddie Rickenbacker -


5. “Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven.”
   - William T. Piper -


6. “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 DaVinci -


7. “Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.”
   - Socrates -


8. “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.”
   - Wilbur Wright -


9. “I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.”
   - Antoine de Saint-Exupery -


10. “To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.”
    - Jerry Crawford -


11. “Great pilots are made not born. . . . A man may possess good eyesight, sensitive hands, and perfect coordination, but the end result is only fashioned by steady coaching, much practice, and experience.”
    - Johnnie Johnson -


12. “When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
    - Henry Ford -


13. “The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
    - Walter Alexander Raleigh -


14. “A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.”
    - Louise Thaden -


15. “Flying isn’t dangerous. Crashing is what’s dangerous.”
    - Anonymous -


16. “A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.”
    - Frank Borman -


17. “If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.”
    - Bob Hoover -


18. “Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”
    - Anonymous -


19. “Remember, you fly an airplane with you head, not your hands and feet.”
    - Bevo Howard -


20. “Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the word, to purify their soul in the sky, and they come down to earth, only after receiving the communion of the infinite.”
    - Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra -