#aircraft

I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#aircraft #became #become #being #curious

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#balance #did #squadron #tip #twelve

Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching on and on, one province to the next. With only the stars in the distance. ↗

— Paul Martin

#canada #cities #distance #down #endless

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion. ↗

— Douglas Bader

#also #around #coast #cohesion #down

I do love America. And LA is a very short commute to America its like half an hour on the plane. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#america #los-angeles #love

If you're in a confined aircraft; when one person sneezes, it goes all the way through the aircraft. ↗

— Joe Biden

#confined #goes #person #through #way

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#air #aircraft #attack #defense #departure

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#any #completely #design #early #even

We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few. ↗

— Adolf Galland

#aircraft #allowed #built #few #fifty

This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one. ↗

— Niki Lauda

#compared #everything #look #old #others