Shane Filan Quotes

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

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

Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.

Flying small airplanes is not like being on airlines.

I have often been asked what I think about at the moment of take-off. Of course, no pilot sits and feels his pulse as he flies. He has to be part of the machine. If he thinks of anything but the task in hand, then trouble is probably just around the corner.

When I started flying, I realized how enjoyable it was, and flying became my main focus while engineering went on the back burner.

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

No reporter is flying around in borrowed twin-engine airplanes.

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.

Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.

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

The thing is helicopters are different from airplanes An airplane by it's nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or incompetent piloting, it will fly.

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.

Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

Flying, for some reason, has never been my favorite thing, but after taking some aviation classes and reading about it and learning about it... They've been doing this for over a hundred years, they've been to the moon and back; they kind of have a good system going here.

My husband has some very interesting hobbies, and through him, I've learned to fly and earned my pilot's license. Together, we fly all over the United States. Since our children are all grown now, we also travel a great deal in Europe, but we take commercial flights because our plane is not really equipped to make transatlantic flights.

He taught me how to fly on my own and learn the tricks.

If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to push it, and when to back off.

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.

They say any landing you can walk away from is a good one.

Ever since I bought and started flying an airplane, it's been almost exclusively for business. I love to fly. It's a great joy to me. But rarely do I use it for any kind of pleasure, other than it is a pleasure to fly.

If you don't trust the pilot, don't go.