#raf

The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting happens often. ↗

— Du Fu

#asks #clouds #drafting #happens #often

I do not support peace in the Middle East. And I do not support Arafat. He is a stupid, incompetent fool! ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#east #fool #i #i do #incompetent

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

NASA wanted to assure its ability to examine the spacecraft in orbit for signs of damage. ↗

— Marc Garneau

#assure #damage #examine #nasa #orbit

You need that guy like a giraffe needs strep throat. ↗

— Ann Landers

#guy #like #need #needs #throat

I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world...I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation and the world we live in. ↗

— Diane Lane

#cheating #craft #generation #i #live

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill. ↗

— Frank Langella

#craft #get #lucky #older #respect

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

— Niki Lauda

#compared #everything #look #old #others

The Giraffe took the horse's head and led him along on the most level parts of the road towards the railway station, and two or three chaps went along to help get the sick man into the train. ↗

— Henry Lawson

#chaps #get #giraffe #head #help