Favourite quotes about flying

Here are two of my favourite quotes about flying; what are yours?

1. Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

2. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The
edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings,
sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
Anon

Dave

Neither my brother nor I have the means to support both a wife and a flying
machine - Wilbur Wright



"David Starer" DaveAtStarerDotCoDotUk wrote in message
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Here are two of my favourite quotes about flying; what are yours?

1. Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

2. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it.
The
edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings,
sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
Anon

Dave

The statement itself ranks pretty high but the fact that this quote is
about 500 years old makes it my favorite:

"When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always
will long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Regards
Marcel Duenner

Actually, although generally attributed to da Vinci,
not even leading historians, expert on da Vinci can
verify it to be so.

Biggest collection of aviation quites is he

www.skygod.com/quotes

Al


At 10:06 03 May 2006, Mad wrote:
The statement itself ranks pretty high but the fact
that this quote is
about 500 years old makes it my favorite:

'When once you have tasted flight, you will always
walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and
there you always
will long to return.'
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Regards
Marcel Duenner

I've always wondered about that quote--a very odd thing to say because it is
in the voice of someone who has flown, but he never did.

"MaD" wrote in message
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The statement itself ranks pretty high but the fact that this quote is
about 500 years old makes it my favorite:

"When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always
will long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519

Regards
Marcel Duenner

I'd rather die quietly in my sleep, like my dad, than screaming in terror
like his passengers.

"David Starer" DaveAtStarerDotCoDotUk wrote in message
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Here are two of my favourite quotes about flying; what are yours?

1. Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

2. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it.
The
edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings,
sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
Anon

Dave

One of my most favorite and certainly timeley is from one of the true
aviation pioneers, Otto Lilienthal. I shortened and changed it for my
own use:

"With each advent of spring when the air is alive with innumerable
happy creatures... a certain desire takes possession of John. He longs
to soar upward and to glide, free as the bird, over hot deserts,
smiling fields, leafy woods, mountain peaks, and mirror-like lakes, and
so enjoy the varying landscape as fully as only a bird can do."

I don't think Otto would mind my theft of his words. Can you imagine
his joy at seeing, feeling and flying our beautiful sailplanes? The
actual quote is:

"With each advent of spring, when the air is alive with innumerable
happy creatures; when the storks on their arrival at their old northern
resorts fold up the imposing flying apparatus which has carried them
thousands of miles, lay back their heads and announce their arrival by
joyously rattling their beaks; when the swallows have made their entry
and hurry through our streets and pass our windows in sailing flight;
when the lark appears as a dot in the ether and manifests its joy of
existence by its song; then a certain desire takes possession of man.
He longs to soar upward and to glide, free as the bird, over smiling
fields, leafy woods and mirror-like lakes, and so enjoy the varying
landscape as fully as only a bird can do."
Otto Lilienthal

or how about:

To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly
is everything.
Otto Lilienthal

"David Starer" DaveAtStarerDotCoDotUk wrote in message
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Here are two of my favourite quotes about flying; what are yours?

1. Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
Douglas Adams

2. Try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it.
The
edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings,
sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
Anon

Dave
"There are three simple rules, which, when followed, will result in a
perfect landing every time.
Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

Tim Ward

"303SAM" wrote in message
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I've always wondered about that quote--a very odd thing to say because it
is
in the voice of someone who has flown, but he never did.


That may be true. But I think man has always looked at the birds and hawks
soaring above the earth and dreamed about being up there. I dream about
soaring without a plane all the time.

Don't run out of altitude, airspeed, and ideas all at one time....

Jack Womack