Pete Conrad Quotes

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.

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

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

I love flying planes.

I thought you were supposed to be flying this thing, not pleasuring it.

I really love flying, but it's really nice to jump on a plane, sit back, and let someone else do the heavy lifting, but flying is my main passion for sure.

Flying as Bob, there was always stress involved.

Let me do it. You tell me when you want it and where you want it to land, and I'll do it backwards and tell you when to take off.

All fliers have some concern about flying. Some handle it by 'flying' the plane. They're 'raising' the wheels, 'making' the turns and so on. Others handle it by tuning out... reading a book or watching a movie.

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.

There's something just magical about flight. Period.

My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes.

I approached Red Square three times, trying to find somewhere to land, before discovering a wide bridge nearby. I landed there and taxied into Red Square.

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.

Go up in an airplane. Go high enough, and it's like we don't even exist.

And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters.

A plane is of no use without the man or woman who flies it!

Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car.

I wasn't a Pan Am pilot or any other kind of pilot.

I live in the sky as a pilot, so it has great meaning to me.

I don't play a lot of games. I play flight simulators, mostly.

Roger, liftoff, and the clock is started.