Flight Maneuvers Quotes

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

We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.

As a military pilot and a test pilot, handling unusual situations and aircraft malfunctions was part of the business.

I experimented with all possible maneuvers-loops, somersaults and barrel rolls. I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing, a shrill, distorted laugh. Nothing I did altered the automatic rhythm of the air. Delivered from gravity and buoyancy, I flew around in space.

Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

I liked flying, when I got into it, loved it. And I found I was very good at it. I'm not modest about the fact that I was a good pilot.

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

If you must flie, flie well.

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.

Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well.

I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.

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

He taught me how to fly on my own and learn the tricks.

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.

I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?

The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.

I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.

Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.

Dad went to Canada to learn how to fly with the Royal Canadian Air Force. He took me on my first airplane ride, where I could have a hand on the stick.

The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.

Pilots are tricky because there are so many things you have to accomplish.