Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

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.

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

The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. 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. This separation from the earth is more than symbolic, more than a physical removal - it has an emotional dimension as tangible as the wood, fabric, and steel that has transported you aloft.

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.