“SCIENCE, FREEDOM, BEAUTY, ADVENTURE...AVIATION OFFERS IT ALL.”
-CHARLES LINDBERGH

”I OWNED THE WORLD THAT HOUR AS I RODE OVER IT...FREE OF THE EARTH, FREE OF THE MOUNTAINS, FREE OF THE CLOUDS, BUT HOW INSEPARABLY I WAS BOUND TO THEM.“
-CHARLES A. LINDBERGH, ON FLYING ABOVE THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, QUOTED BY LEONARD MOSLEY IN “LINDBERGH“ 1978

”SUCCESS IS NOT THE KEY TO HAPPINESS. HAPPINESS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. IF YOU LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING, YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.”
-ALBERT SCHWEITZER

”THE SECRET OF JOY IS CONTAINED IN ONE WORD - EXCELLENCE. TO KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING WELL IS TO ENJOY IT.“
-PEARL S. BUCK

“TO MOST PEOPLE, THE SKY IS THE LIMIT. TO THOSE WHO LOVE AVIATION, THE SKY IS HOME.”
-ANONYMOUS

”WE WHO FLY DO SO FOR THE LOVE OF FLYING. WE ARE ALIVE IN THE AIR WITH THIS MIRACLE THAT LIVES IN OUR HANDS AND BENEATH OUR FEET.“
-CECIL DAY LEWIS

”MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, THE SENSATION IS ONE OF PERFECT PEACE MINGLED WITH AN EXCITEMENT THAT STRAINS EVERY NERVE TO THE UTMOST, IF YOU CAN CONCEIVE OF SUCH A COMBINATION.”
-WILBUR WRIGHT

”THOU ART AN EAGLE, THOU DOEST BELONG TO THE SKY AND NOT TO THE EARTH, STRETCH FORTH THY WINGS AND FLY.“
-PAUL H. DUNN

”ONCE YOU HAVE FLOWN, YOU WILL WALK THE EARTH WITH YOUR EYES TURNED SKYWARD, FOR THERE YOU HAVE BEEN, THERE YOU LONG TO RETURN.“
-LEONARDO DA VINCI

”THE WRIGHT BROTHERS CREATED THE SINGLE GREATEST CULTURAL FORCE SINCE THE INVENTION OF WRITING. THE AIRPLANE BECAME THE FIRST WORLD WIDE WEB, BRINGING PEOPLE, LANGUAGES, IDEAS, AND VALUES TOGETHER.“
-BILL GATES

”SUCCESS FLOURISHES ONLY IN PERSEVERANCE - CEASELESS, RESTLESS PERSEVERANCE.“
-BARON MONFRED BON RICHTHOFEN

”OURS IS THE COMMENCEMENT OF A FLYING AGE, AND I AM HAPPY TO HAVE POPPED INTO EXISTENCE AT A PERIOD SO INTERESTING.“
-AMELIA EARHART ’20 HRS 40 MINS 1928

”THE AIRPLANE HAS UNVEILED FOR US THE TRUE FACE OF THE EARTH.“
-ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY WIND, SAND, AND STARS 1939

”THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FLEW THROUGH THE SMOKE SCREEN OF IMPOSSIBILITY.“
-DOROTHEA BRANDE

”I’VE HAD A BALL.“
-CHARLES YEAGER DESCRIBING HIS 30 YEAR AIR FORCE CAREER

”NO BIRD SOARS TOO HIGH IF HE SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS.“
-WILLIAM BLAKE

”UNLIKE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEA BY THE SHORELINES, THE ’OCEAN OF AIR‘ LAPS AT THE BORDER OF EVERY STATE, CITY, TOWN, AND HOME THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.“
-L. WELCH POGUE