#pilot

My first dream as a child was to become a pilot. My second dream was to become an astronomer, and I pursued in parallel efforts and studies in these two areas. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#astronomer #become #child #dream #efforts

After the war, in which I served as a pilot in the Air Force, I took up films. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#air #air force #films #force #i

Being a display pilot is probably the thing I've been most proud of in my life. Don't really fly anymore now though. I have three small children and as most of my friends were killed in different accidents, I realised that it was probably just a matter of time before I went that way. ↗

— Gary Numan

#anymore #been #before #being #children

I became an air display pilot. I used to teach it. I was an examiner for a few years as well. It was great fun. I would still be doing it now if pretty much everyone I knew who was doing it hadn't died. In the first team I joined there were six people in it. By the time I stopped, there was only me and one other left - everyone else had died. ↗

— Gary Numan

#became #by the time #died #display #doing

I have one brother, John, an airline pilot, who is seven years younger. He's adopted, though we're still blood related - he's my cousin. My parents couldn't have any more children after me, so when Dad's brother died, they adopted John, then just a baby. ↗

— Gary Numan

#after #airline #any #baby #blood

I am still a keen mountain walker and an enthusiastic glider pilot. ↗

— Paul Nurse

#enthusiastic #i #i am #keen #mountain

When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner? ↗

— Ed O'Neill

#come #dinner #dog #driveway #fine

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#aviation #brother #followed #footsteps #how

I thought I'd join the RAF and become a wing commander. I realised this wasn't possible, although I do have a pilot's licence. ↗

— Mike Oldfield

#become #commander #i #i do #join

It's great if a pilot starts off great and if it doesn't start off so great it's not that big a deal: everybody's baby is born ugly. But you want to know, if given the opportunity: Where are we going? What's the story we're trying to tell? ↗

— Timothy Olyphant

#big #born #deal #everybody #given