Ander Crenshaw Quotes

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.

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

In Wichita, the district I represent, the 'Air Capital of the World,' general aviation is critical to the proper functioning of our airspace and is a key driver of economic growth, innovation, and job creation.

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

The disappearance of MH370 has tested our collective resolve.

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

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.

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

South Wales is a hub of aviation.

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.

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.

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

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

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 made about fifty-four dollars a week and spent it on two flying lessons every week at the age of sixteen and was able to get a license then pretty early and knew that that's what I wanted to do, some kind of a career in aviation. I did know about space flight, but at that point, it was still pretty far out there.

I love the look of planes and the idea of how a plane flies. The more I learn about it the better I feel; while I still may not like it, I have a sense of what is really happening.

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.

I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.

I grew up thinking that I would become a fighter pilot and was fascinated by aircrafts as I had grown up around that. But my father encouraged me to not become an Air Force person, given the varied interests I had, be it books, movies, sports or fighter flying.

I fly an aeroplane, and I think a lot about how much I do not want ever to run into an optimistic air traffic controller. I just don't. I want a guy down there who's just waiting for the worst crash possible and petrified that it's going to happen on his watch. And then I feel safe flying into his territory.

I immediately loved flying from my first flight and knew that in some way it was going to be a part of my future career!

All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.