Quote:
Originally Posted by trigeek  I wanted to engrave this on DHs watch when we were going through tougher aviation times. I always liked this one, but never got it engraved.
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it."
Henry Ford |
I always liked "When things look dark, look up - and it will probably rain up your nose."
Okay, not very romantic or anything, just had to add that after reading that quote. ;-)
In all seriousness, I googled aviation quotations and found this page which might be helpful:
http://www.skygod.com/quotes/quotes.html
Here are some of my favorites:
The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.
— Sir Walter Raleigh
Pilots are a rare kind of human. They leave the ordinary surface of the word, to purify their soul in the sky, and they come down to earth, only after receiving the communion of the infinite.
— José Maria Velasco Ibarra, President of Ecuador.
If you have flown, perhaps you can understand the love a pilot develops for flight. It is much the same emotion a man feels for a woman, or a wife for her husband.
— Louise Thaden, co-founder of the Ninty-Nines.