Ours is the commencement of a flying age, and I am happy to have popped into existence at a period so interesting.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.

It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.

The most effective way to do it, is to just do it.

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.

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

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.