118 quotes by aviators for you to enjoy

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled. David Mackay

Travel Space Thought Military Would Would-Be Had Any Space Travel Chance

When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first! Donald Wills Douglas

You Safety Fly First Design Think Would Had Feel How

When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly thought the clear air, watching the earth below, and the men on it, no bigger than ants. Eddie Rickenbacker

Clouds Thought Men Somewhere White Think Air Earth Sun Would See Above Clear Feel Look How Shining Up Begin Than Patch Ants Blue Bigger Swiftly Watching Below

Never count on the crowd to take care of you. Eddie Rickenbacker

You Care Crowd Take Count Never Take Care

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars. Eddie Rickenbacker

Would Rather Dollars Friends Than Million Million Dollars

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world. Eddie Rickenbacker

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I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know. Eddie Rickenbacker

More Cheated Know Times Than Anyone Grim Reaper

Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip. Eddie Rickenbacker

You Man Army Mistake Made Long Drop Flying Out Jobs Drop-Out Dropping Dead Safest Go Grip Means Your Let Go

Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging distances at high speed and helps tremendously in getting motor sense, which is rather the feel of your engine than the sound of it, a thing you get through your bones and nerves rather than simply your ears. Eddie Rickenbacker

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When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in public adoration or your press clippings. By the time I was 26, I'd heard crowds of 100,000 scream my name, but a week later they couldn't remember who I was. You're a hero today and a bum tomorrow - hero to zero, I sometimes say. Eddie Rickenbacker

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