WANTED: Aviation Quotes

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Greebo

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I'm looking into adding a "Random Quote" block (kind of like a Quote-of-the-day) to the home page, to go right above the recent news section.

What I have is the hack necessary.

What I don't have is a list of suitable aviation quotes.

If you have a quote, or a lot of quotes, aviation related, serious, funny, informational, educational, or just plane Flying is Cool type quotes, I'm looking for em. :)

Once the addition is done, you'll be able to submit new quotes directly (pending moderator approval, of course :) ).
 
Timless classic. I always figured the second line was added when the 707 entered service.

Time to spare, go by air.
More time yet, go by jet.

Len
 
Carelessness and overconfidence are usually more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901




A good pilot uses his superior judgement to keep himself out of situations that might require him to use his superior skills.



Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
 


Name the 3 most useless things to a pilot:

1. Altitude above you.

2. Runway behind you.

3. Fuel left in the truck.
 
Don’t run out of altitude, airspeed and ideas all at the same time.
 
“That was some of the best flying I’ve ever seen. Right up until you got killed.” Top Gun
 
ETOPS = Engines Turn Or People Swim
CFI = Constant Flight Interrupter
A.T.C. = Always Talking Confusingly
A.W.O.S. = Arbitrary Weather Offering Son
E.L.T. = Excellent Landing Tester
F.A.A. = Federally Appropriated Aliens
F.B.O. = Financially Bust Organization
I.F.R. = I Follow Roads
I.L.S. = I’m Lost Severely
M.V.F.R. = May Verify Flawed Reasoning
N.D.B. = No Direct Bearing
N.T.S.B. = Notify Them Something Broke
S.M.O.H. = Serious Money Owed Here
S.T.O.L. = Scarey Takeoffs Or Landings
T.C.A. = Traffic Coming At’ya
T.T.A.F. = True Time Ain’t Found
V.F.R. = Very Few Restrictions
A.I.D.S. -- Aviation-Induced Divorce Syndrome

 
Red sky at night, sailors delight. Red sky in morning, sailors take warning.
 
"Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds, toward heaven;
that is by letter written with their quills."

— Leonardo da Vinci

"Or like a poet woo the moon,
Riding an armchair for my steed,
And with a flashing pen harpoon
Terrific metaphors of speed."

— Roy Campbell, 'The Festivals of Flight'

My wings are a thousand books."

— Gill Rob Wilson

The airport runway is the most important mainstreet in any town.

— Norm Crabtree, former aviation director for the state of Ohio.

...Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of O'Hare Airport.

— Dave Barry. There is no concourse D at O'Hare

Where am I?

— Charles A. Lindbergh, upon arrival in Paris.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

— Baron Manfred von Richthofen.

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down.

— General Chuck Yeager, USAF, describing his first confrontation with a Me262

Do not spin this aircraft. If the aircraft does enter a spin it will return to earth without further attention on the part of the aeronaut.

— first handbook issued with the Curtis-Wright flyer.

Just a few quotes found at:
http://www.skygod.com/quotes/
 
Wow, that was fast!

Ok - the quote system is online on the Home page - please feel free to submit your quotes there - we'll approve them (as suitable) as fast as we can! :)

No further quotes in this thread will be accepted. ;)
 
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