Flight Hazards Quotes

Now listen, buddy, there are a few corny ideas you got to get out of your head if you're going to fly an airplane. Most things are just the reverse from what people think. The higher you are the safer you are. The Earth down there, that, that-s your enemy because once you hit that, boy, you splatter.

It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain't likely to hurt you.

Scissors, screwdrivers and the like pose an unacceptable risk to flight crews as well passengers.

Sweetie, nothing that flies looks safe, including birds.

In my early days of flying, if you flew on instruments, you were inevitably going to fly in thunderstorms. That was just a part of the business of flying.

Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.

By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.