The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.

The first lesson is that you can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

I could never be so lucky again

I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.