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Quote by Len Morgan

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

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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

“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.”

Way Looks Night Force Stars Sea Land Wind Spring Strive Dawn Staring Sand Aviation Pilots Strife Gardener Port Great Aviation Forces Of Nature Expectancy Promised Land

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.”

Men May Important Matter Sea Worthy Aviation Great Aviation Nautical

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.”

Ifs Religion Atheism Madness Mad Positive Atheism

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

“A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying.”

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Book:High, Wide and Frightened

Source: High, Wide and Frightened

“I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the knowledge that the unknown is what will finally kill me, to know all there is to be known about my airplane. I will never die.”

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Author:Richard Bach

“You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.”

Needs Unexpected Aviation

Author:Neil Armstrong

“When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful. I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about....I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort.”

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Author:Edward Smith

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