“Flying does not rely so much on strength, as on physical and mental co-ordination.” DoeWomenFlyingRelyAviationOrdination Author:Raymonde de Laroche
“I have found that women are not only just as much interested as men are in flying, but apparently have less fear than the men have. At least, more women than men asked to go up with me. And when I took them up, they seemed to enjoy it.” MenFoundFearEnjoyWomenInterestHe ManFlyingFlightAviationStrong Women Author:Katherine Stinson
“There is a world-old controversy that crops up whenever women attempt to enter a new field. Is a woman fit for that work? It would seem that a woman's success in any particular field would prove her fitness for that work, without regard to theories to the contrary.” WorldSeemsWomenFieldsParticularTheoryFitProveRegardContraryAviationWorking ItControversyCrops Author:Ruth Bancroft Law
“Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. . . .” MenMightSpiritFoundWomenAirAviationOutletsEverestMount Everest Author:Amy Johnson
“This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used.” NeedsShouldWarUsedFightingWaitingWomenAbilityCasesParticularWeaponsPatientAviationPilotsBe Patient Author:Eleanor Roosevelt
“There is a decided prejudice on the part of the general public against being piloted by a woman, and as great an aversion, partially because of this, by executives of those companies whose activities require employing pilots.” WomenCompanyActivityDecidedPrejudiceAviationExecutivesPilotsAversionGeneral PublicEmploying Book:High, Wide and Frightened Source: High, Wide and Frightened
“Any girl who has flown at all grows used to the prejudice of most men pilots who will trot out any number of reasons why women can't possibly be good pilots. . . . The only way to show the disbelievers, the snickering hangar pilots, is to show them.” MenWayReasonShowsUsedGirlGrowsWomenNumbersPrejudiceBe GoodReason WhyAviationPilotsDisbelievers Author:Cornelia Fort
“I didn't know a lot about Amelia before I started flying. And as a woman and a pilot, I should have known more.” KnowsShouldWomenKnownShould HaveFlyingAviationPilotsAmeliaShould Have Known Author:Linda Finch
“Flying is a man's job and its worries are a man's worries.” MenJobsWomenWorryFlyingAviation Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery