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“The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I'd rather fly.”

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Len Morgan, a distinguished aviator, was born on March 23, 1923, and passed away on March 11, 2005. He made significant contributions to the field of aviation, renowned for his exceptional flying skills and extensive experience in the air. more

“He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete and utter control; from knowing himself and knowing his airplane so well that he can come somewhere close to touching, in his own special and solitary way, that thing that is called perfection.”

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Book:A Gift of Wings

Source: A Gift of Wings

“But accuracy means something to me. It's vital to my sense of values. I've learned not to trust people who are inaccurate. Every aviator knows that if mechanics are inaccurate. aircraft crash.”

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Author:Charles Lindbergh

“Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.”

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Author:Neil Armstrong

“An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a good one.”

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Author:Len Morgan

“Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.”

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Book:Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir

Source: Fate is the Hunter: A Pilot's Memoir

“A pilot's business is with the wind, and with the stars, with night, with sand, with the sea. He strives to outwit the forces of nature. He stares with expectancy for the coming of the dawn the way a gardener awaits the coming of spring. He looks forward to port as a promised land, and truth for him is what lives in the stars.”

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Author:Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“No matter how important a man at sea may consider himself, unless he is fundamentally worthy the sea will some day find him out.”

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Author:Felix Riesenberg

“If one were to take the bible seriously one would go mad. But to take the bible seriously, one must be already mad.”

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Author:Aleister Crowley

“It is hard enough for anyone to map out a course of action and stick to it, particularly in the face of the desires of one's friends; but it is doubly hard for an aviator to stay on the ground waiting for just the right moment to go into the air.”

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Book:The Curtiss Aviation Book

Source: The Curtiss Aviation Book

“To be alone in the air at night is to be very much alone indeed. . . cut off from everything and everyone . . . nothing is 'familiar' any longer . . . . I think that unfamiliarity is the most difficult thing to face; one feels rather like Alice in Wonderland after she has nibbled the toadstool that made her grow smaller - and like Alice, one hopes that the process will stop while there is still something left!”

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Author:Pauline Gower

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