Aviation records don't fall until someone is willing to mortgage the present for the future.

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear The sound of wings.

The more one does the more one can do.

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.

Decide...whether or not the goal is worth the risks involved. If it is, stop worrying.

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

I did for the fun of it