A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition.

This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy and make some more. Work harder. Pay more attention. Do better preflights.