Dieter F. Uchtdorf 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.

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.

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

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.

My first inclination was toward flying and being a pilot.

Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.

Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position, if you will. But in the air, I had no name; to the Federal Aviation Agency I was simply Comanche Nine-Nine POP. The quality of my landings, navigation and judgment were mine alone.

I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.

Growing up, I wanted to be a pilot!

I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.

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

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.

It's almost an out of body experience to see things that First Officer Jeff Skiles and I said in the cockpit together, played by actors.

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.

Civilian law around aviation is much looser than those governing military. Civilian planes can basically fly wherever they want in the world.

I always wanted to be a pilot.

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