You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.
I took my first flying lesson in 1967, when I was 16. By October 1968, I had 70 hours in the air and got my pilot's license.
I got my first pilot license, an airplane private pilot license, in 1997 for the purpose of going to pick up my kids, who were living with their mother in Arizona, and I was in L.A. It was easier than to put them on a commercial flight. It was purely practical.
My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.
I still have my [flight] license and I can still pass a flight physical.
I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.
With a pilot, there's a lot of information that gets packed into 46 minutes or whatever it is. Usually what happens is that, throughout the season, you get to spend a little more quality time with the characters and get to know them a bit better, whether it's based on circumstance or relationships they've created with other characters.
Mankind spends much more on training pilots of aircraft than it does to train the nuclear reactor operators.
I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge. I can only say that I do it because I want to.
I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.
There have been recorded cases of people learning how to fly a plane after playing a flight simulator, but there's never been a case of someone learning to fight by playing 'Tekken.'
And, I wouldn't consider myself to be a natural pilot; I've had to work at it.
I'd love to fly. I think that'd be cool.
I never thought that one day that this NAS Jax would be the center of aviation excellence in the Southeast and from pole to pole.
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!
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.
It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.
I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.
I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
I think I'm going to have to get a flying license very soon, and maybe one of those Lear jets. It beats motorcycles all to hell.
Pilots are not the threat.
I think aerobatic pilots make the best pilots because you know, you're just so confident in an aeroplane. If you're gonna get into trouble, I'd rather be with someone that's a skilled aerobatic pilot.
All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.
I got my private pilot's license in autumn 1986.
Through the misguided notion that writing about flying was easy, I had McCone become a pilot. When I learned that research in books wasn't enough, I forced myself to take lessons.
