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On 2015-07-10 16:12:26 +0000, Jim Breckenridge <Lamont@shadow.com> said:
> On 2015-07-10 7:30 AM, john szalay wrote:
>> Charles Lindbergh <spirit@stlouis.com> wrote in
>> news:38kvpalen4sqanlutv8obeel1uchtsecrr@4ax.com:
>>
>>> Wisdom of those who fly
>>>
>>> 1. There is no problem so complex that it cannot simply be blamed on
>>> the pilot. ~ Dr Earl Weiner
>>>
>>> 2. To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly
>>> is everything. ~ Otto Lilienthal
>>>
>>> 3. Safety second is my motto. ~ Locklear
>>>
>>> 4. Speed is life, altitude is life insurance.
>>>
>>> 5. The man who flies an airplane ... must believe in the unseen. ~
>>> Richard Bach
>>>
>>> 6. There is no excuse for an airplane unless it will fly fast! ~
>>> Roscoe Turner
>>>
>>> 7. The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks dont. ~
>>> Douglas Adams
>>>
>>> 8. Aviation is proof, that given the will, we have the capacity to
>>> achieve the impossible. ~ Rickenbacker
>>>
>>> 9. Flying is like sex Ive never had all I wanted but occasionally
>>> Ive had all I could stand. ~ Stephen Coonts
>>>
>>> 10. The desire for safety stands against every great and noble
>>> enterprise. ~ Cornelius Tactitus (circa AD 56)
>>>
>>> 11. Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even
>>> greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any
>>> carelessness, incapacity or neglect.
>>>
>>> 12. Lady, you want me to answer you if this old airplane is safe to
>>> fly? Just how in the world do you think it got to be this old? ~ Jim
>>> Tavenner
>>>
>>> 13. If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on
>>> a fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must
>>> mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial.
>>> ~ Wilbur Wright, 1901.
>>>
>>> 14. The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself
>>> and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match
>>> his own. ~Richard Bach, A Gift Of Wings
>>>
>>> 15. The greatest danger in flying is starving to death. ~ Earl C. Reed
>>> of the T-L-R Flying Circus
>>>
>>> 16. When the weight of the paper equals the weight of the airplane,
>>> only then you can go flying. ~ Donald Douglas
>>>
>>> 17. In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are
>>> usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. ~ Wilbur
>>> Wright, September 1900.
>>>
>>> 18. I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty
>>> things. ~ Antoine de St-Exupéry
>>>
>>> 19. Any damned fool can criticize, but it takes a genius to design it
>>> in the first place. ~ Edgar Schmued
>>>
>>> 20. When asked by someone how much money flying takes: Why, all of it!
>>> ~ Gordon Baxter
>>>
>>> 21. The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy. ~
>>> Baron Manfred Von Richthofen
>>>
>>> 22.. The aeroplane will never fly. ~ Lord haldane, Minister of War,
>>> Britain, 1907
>>>
>>> 23. What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men
I
>>> lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded with
>>> beauty, pierced with danger. ~ Charles A. Lindbergh
>>>
>>> 24. It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and
>>> stick to it, particularly in the face of the desires of ones friends;
>>> but it is doubly hard for an aviator to stay on the ground waiting for
>>> just the right moment to go into the air. ~ Glenn Curtiss, 1909.
>>>
>>> 25. To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness
>>> in dealing with day-to-day trivialities. ~ Nevil Shute
>>>
>>> 26. Aviation records dont fall until someone is willing to mortgage
>>> the present for the future. ~ Amelia Earhart
>>>
>>> 27. Real planes use only a single stick to fly. This is why bulldozers
>>> & helicoptersin that order need two. ~ Paul Slattery
>>>
>>> 28. Airplanes are near perfect, all they lack is the ability to
>>> forgive ~ Richard Collins
>>>
>>> 29. The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great,
>>> for it to be neglected as a sport ~ Orville Wright
>>>
>>> 30. The Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely
>>> kill you. ~ Max Stanley, Northrop test pilot
>>>
>>>
>>> 31. The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking. ~
>>> Jonathon Swift
>>
>>
>> 32, there are old pilots, and there are Bold pilots, but there are no
>> old, bold pilots..
>>
>>
> 33. There are three useless things - runway behind you, air space above
> you and fuel you could have put on.
34. Inevitabily you will find that cloud with a hard center.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
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