The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.

The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.