180 Quotes About Aviation

The lure of flying is the lure of beauty.

I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty. That the reasons flyers fly, whether they know it or not, is the aesthetic appeal of flying.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.

You come to Washington, there's a rail bill, there's a highway bill, there's a aviation bill. But when you go home, there's an airport, there's a highway, there's a rail, there's transit. It all has to work together.

The numbers speak for themselves. We have managed a dramatic re-engineering of the company in fiscal 2005, and shown four profitable quarters. Our challenge is now to grow the company, and realize some of the exciting opportunities that we see before us in both the commercial and business aviation markets.

The decision, if finalized, would be a step backwards in terms of U.S. efforts to liberalize the international aviation marketplace.

The wish to be able to fly is to be understood as nothing else than a longing to be capable of sexual performance.

This is the oldest form of aviation in the world -- ballooning -- and yet it hasn't been done yet.