“Get rid at the outset of the idea that the airplane is only an air-going sort of automobile. It isn't. It may sound like one and smell like one, and it may have been interior decorated to look like one; but the difference is - it goes on wings.” LooksMayHas BeensIdeasSoundDifferencesAirGoes OnWingsSmellAviationAirplaneInteriorsAutomobileGreat Aviation Book:Stick & Rudder: 50th Anniversary Edition Source: Stick & Rudder: 50th Anniversary Edition
“A fierce and monkish art; a castigation of the flesh. You must cut out your imagination and not fly an airplane but regulate a half-dozen instruments . . . .At first, the conflicts between animal sense and engineering brain are irresistibly strong.” FirstsArtStrongImaginationAnimalBrainHalfCuttingConflictInstrumentsFleshAviationDozenAirplaneEngineeringFierceGreat Aviation Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche
