Bruce Dickinson Quotes

I read, studied, and learned everything I could find about aviation. It was my greatest desire to become a pilot. I could already picture myself in the cockpit of an airliner or in a military fighter plane. I felt deep in my heart this was my thing!

I wanted to be a pilot. I loved flying and I loved all the technology and the equipment and the sense of adventure that came with it. I think that feeling still bleeds over into everything I do today.

Through the misguided notion that writing about flying was easy, I had McCone become a pilot. When I learned that research in books wasn't enough, I forced myself to take lessons.

I did want to be a pilot. I wanted to be a military pilot because I liked airplanes. I was interested in modeling airplanes.

From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes.

Every day, I'm working on my aviation career so that I don't have to think about working as an actor.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

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.

Dad endorsed my learning to fly so he would have a live-in pilot, one he could get in touch with at any time.

Growing up, I wanted to be a pilot!

I would have become a pilot if it wasn't for my poor eyesight and the fact that I am hopeless in science.

I never thought that one day that this NAS Jax would be the center of aviation excellence in the Southeast and from pole to pole.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

Pilots are not the threat.

It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.

When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.

I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.

I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that.

During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.