Everyone has ocean's to fly, if they have the heart to do it. Is it reckless? Maybe. But what do dreams know of boundaries?

No borders, just horizons - only freedom.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

The best way to do it, is to do it!

No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.