30 Quotes by Stephen Coonts

Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your aircraft and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy & make some more. Work harder, pay more attention. Do better preflights.

The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground. This separation from the earth is more than symbolic, more than a physical removal-it has an emotional dimension as tangible as the wood, fabric, and steel that has transported you aloft.

Flight is romance – not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

It’s the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

Medicine often tastes bad, but until we fix the government policies that breed poverty, we have condemned the poor, black, white, and brown to a life of economic slavery.

Airplanes are like women – pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.