Transatlantic Flight Quotes

In 1994, to motivate me to complete my pilot's license, my good friend, Gregg Maryniak, gave me Charles Lindbergh's autobiography of his solo flight across the Atlantic.

No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.

I remember when Lindbergh arrived in Paris, I was one of the first persons to know about his landing, because as the French people know that I was born in St. Louis, thinking I would be very proud to announce it to the public, they gave me the news first. I was then starring in the 'Folies Bergere.'

For a long time, I'd been vaguely fascinated by the idea that Charles Lindbergh flew the Atlantic and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in the same summer.

I hadn't realized quite how extraordinary Charles Lindbergh's achievement was in flying the Atlantic alone. He had never flown over open water before, but he flew straight to Dingle Bay in Ireland and then on to Paris, exactly as planned.

I was born a year after Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic. Boys like either dinosaurs or airplanes. I was very much an airplane boy.

Amelia Earhart, who said, Stop looking for me; see if you can find my luggage! Never got a dinner!

RyanAir have been getting a hard time because they've launched a £7 flight to New York. Although as always with RyanAir it does land slightly outside of New York. In Dublin.

When it's three o'clock in New York, it's still 1938 in London.

I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.

Often, I do translatlantic overnight flights from New York, and when I land, I have to do my eyes - I feel weird without it.

The first movie I worked was called 'The Spirit of St. Louis.' It was the story of Charles Lindberg's life.

Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic? Lindbergh. Who was the second? No idea.