Kenneth Oppel Quotes

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

The very, very beginning is that my mother and father were aviators.

Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we're one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind!

As a child, I had the opportunity to meet the captain onboard a British Airways flight. It was so exciting to see the cockpit and controls. I was in awe of the captain, and he stamped my log book, which I still have to this day.

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.

One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.

The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying.

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.

I quit flying myself last year and that was difficult for me because I enjoy it as much as playing golf. It was an adjustment sitting in the back of the plane, rather than at the controls, but I've grown accustomed to it and enjoy reading a book, doing some work or challenging my wife to a game of dominos.

Flying is such a joy. You just want to hoot.

My ears are huge. If there's ever a problem with a plane I'm on, they could just put me on the wing and I'll land the sucker.

I'd like to fly.

I love flying.

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

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

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

I've always been a good flier. I love the whole experience.

I love flying planes.

My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.

And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters.

Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license.

If I'm not on stage, I'm a pilot. I like flying planes; I have a little plane back in Nashville.

My plane is a Premiere; it has very efficient gas turbine engines. It goes very fast on relatively little fuel. Flying has been my passion since I was a kid.

Flying, I continue to be involved with. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.

As a pilot, I can tell you drones may be a lot of things; airplanes they are not.