Alan Shepard Quotes

Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in a program where I went to graduate school first and then to the Naval Test Pilots School.

I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.

Peter Rodrick was one of only around 4,000 men in the world qualified to land jets on a carrier after dark.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.

There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.

When I was in the gunner's bubble of a B25 bomber, taking off from an aircraft carrier 100 miles off the coast of San Diego, I remember saying to myself how amazing it was to get the chance to do that.

The future of the Navy is in the skies.

I left the Navy as a lieutenant after spending almost 10 years as a helicopter pilot.

Somebody said that carrier pilots were the best in the world, and they must be or there wouldn't be any of them left alive.

So it's, I think it's quite, quite unique to fly with somebody with so much experience.

I grew up and I kind of took the road of becoming a pilot, which was another dream I had of flying, and once I did attend the air force academy, that dream of flying became more like a project, and I wanted to be a fighter pilot, which I did. I became a fighter pilot.

I love flying; I love aircraft, and you could say I've had a love affair with flight since I was a child. I travel a huge amount. I use airports, and as a pilot, I've flown in and out of airports thousands of times, so really, I have a fairly broad perspective.

When you're asked to fly a 747 you better at least be able to fly a Piper cub.

If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.

And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.

I was a child of World War Two. I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the only thing I wanted to do. And it had to be flying from sea carriers. Airfields were not enough.

During my career as an airline pilot, I had the opportunity to be a check and training captain. Part of this job was to train and test experienced pilots to ensure that they had the necessary knowledge and skills to safely and efficiently operate those magnificent big jets.

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.

I made about fifty-four dollars a week and spent it on two flying lessons every week at the age of sixteen and was able to get a license then pretty early and knew that that's what I wanted to do, some kind of a career in aviation. I did know about space flight, but at that point, it was still pretty far out there.

I read, studied, and learned everything I could find about aviation. It was my greatest desire to become a pilot. I could already picture myself in the cockpit of an airliner or in a military fighter plane. I felt deep in my heart this was my thing!

I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.

I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother's footsteps and obtained my pilot's license.

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always wanted to be a pilot. And if you're going to fly airplanes, the best place to be is the Air Force.

Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

I always wanted to be a pilot.