Aviation Skills Quotes

There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's learning experience. For the best pilots, flying is an obsession, the one thing in life they must do continually. The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best. Experience is everything. The eagerness to learn how and why every piece of equipment works is everything. And luck is everything, too.

I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.

I'm so much more at ease now than when I was flying as Bob. Then, I was OCD about everything, always checking and looking for things. But flying as a female is effortless. I'm still checking traffic, instruments, and the radios, but it's easier to multitask, and flying is fun.

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

I'm always like, "Maybe I can drive the car. I can still fly the plane!"

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

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

The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

Deryn felt brilliant, rising through the air at the center off everyone's attention, like an acrobat aloft on a swing. She wanted to make a speech: Hey, all you sods, I can fly and you can't! A natural airman, in case you haven't noticed. And in conclusion, I'd like to add that I'm a girl and you can all get stuffed!

I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?

Landing the airplane I think is the most difficult thing that I've every learned to do in my life.

The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.

A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good and quick judgment and decision, and a cool, calm courage that no peril can shake.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.