Aviation Quotes

“There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.”

“Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating.”

“If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation.”

“Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation.”

“What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.”

“As to rocket ships flying between America and Europe, I believe it is worth seriously trying for. Thirty years ago persons who were developing flying were laughed at as mad, and that scorn hindered aviation. Now we heap similar ridicule upon stratoplane or rocket ships for trans-Atlantic flights. (1933)[Predicting high-altitude jet aircraft for routine long-distance travel.]”

“When I worked on the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea we were advised to only use the medical oxygen after the daily headaches appeared and that just 15 minutes use was all that was needed to clear up the headaches for a while before we would need it again. We were not advised to use medical oxygen continuously as the Federal Aviation Regulations advises pilots to do. We were not advised to use pulse oximeters to monitor our blood oxygen levels or that the company medical oxygen should have been routinely administered only with our doctors prescription.”

“In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.”

“Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude.”