When I was at NASA, I had a house on a small private airstrip that we shared between the flying community. I had a hangar in my backyard with my airplane in it so I could just fly from my home.
I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.
My greatest pleasure is still flying private. I spend between $300,000 to $500,000, depending on my year, on flying private.
Sam Snead will fly anywhere in my plane with me. Sam's not as worried about the danger as he is about saving money.
I had my airplane, and I'd use it as a car whenever I could. If the drive was going to be longer than an hour, I was flying the plane instead. And in California, it's really easy to have a drive longer than an hour.
It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you.
Yes. Because every family needs a laser for thier family jet.
I literally have a private jet on call at all times.
In the '20s they were telling us we'd all have our own private plane and take vacations to the moon.
I would not have been able to accomplish a lot of what I did professionally had I not learned to fly myself and owned an airplane. For example, I was able to fly to an exhibition for the day and be back home in time for dinner. I never would have been able to do that flying commercially.
