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“If you have flown, perhaps you can understand the love a pilot develops for flight. It is much the same emotion a man feels for a woman, or a wife for her husband.”

Book:High, Wide and Frightened

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High, Wide and Frightened

This book takes readers on a journey through a vast landscape, where fear and excitement intertwine, offering a rich tapestry of suspense and discovery. more

Author

Louise Thaden

Louise Thaden was an exceptional aviator who made significant contributions to the field of aviation. Born on November 12, 1905, and passing away on November 9, 1979, Thaden left an indelible mark on aviation history. She was the first woman to receive the FAI Gold Medal for her achievements in aviation. more

“The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself. Man may have been destined to walk upon ice or sand, or climb the mountains or take craft upon the sea. But surely he was never meant to fly? But he does, and finding out how to do it was his last great adventure.”

Men May Doe Has Beens Lasts Grows Space Walks Sea Sky Adventure Mountain Findings Lonely Flight Ice Crafts Sand Climbs Aviation Void Destined Great Adventure Lonely Places

Author:Frederick Forsyth

“The naturalist picked up the eagle and said to it, "Thou dost belong to the sky and not to this earth; stretch forth thy wings and fly."”

Art Earth Sky Wings Flight Aviation Eagles

Author:Paul H. Dunn

“The philosopher is Nature's pilot. And there you have our difference: to be in hell is to drift: to be in heaven is to steer.”

Art Philosophy Heaven Differences History Hell Philosopher Flight Aviation Pilots Steers

Book:The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more

“Long flights give you more time to reflect, look around, experience your surroundings. I got to know the nooks and crannies on Mir very, very well.”

Knows Giving Wells Looks Long Flight Aviation More Time Surroundings Star Gazing

Author:Michael Foale

“It is appearances, characteristics and performance that make a man love an airplane, and they, are what put emotion into one. You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn't any woman and there isn't any horse, nor any before nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane, and men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be.”