Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

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

Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.