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“The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested.”

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Christopher Cockerell

Christopher Cockerell, a British engineer born on June 4, 1910, and died on June 1, 1999, is renowned for his innovations in the fields of jet propulsion and remote-controlled aircraft. more

“To me, desert has the quality of darkness; none of the shapes you see in it are real or permanent. Like night, the desert is boundless, comfortless, and infinite. Like night, it intrigues the mind and leads it to futility. When you have flown halfway across a desert, you experience the desperation of a sleepless man waiting for dawn which only comes when the importance of its coming is lost.”

Men Mind Real Night Lost Waiting Quality Darkness Shapes Importance Infinite Flight Desert Permanent Dawn Aviation Desperation Intrigue Halfway Boundless Futility

Book:West with the Night

Source: West with the Night

“In the early days it was fun to fly. You could soar over rooftops and trees, or drop down to meet a passing train and wave at the engineer. The whole sky belonged to you. now there are so many regulations. The sky is crowded. All the fun is gone.”

Whole Fun Gone Tree Sky Train Wave Passing Passings Flight Aviation Regulation Engineers Soar Crowded Rooftops

Author:Katherine Stinson

“Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.”

Trying Guy Taste Limits Picks Dresses Flight Aviation Airplane Wallets

Book:The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America

Source: The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America

“The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.”

Flight Seats Aviation Pilots Reluctant Helicopters

Author:Igor Sikorsky

“This is earth again, the earth where I've lived and now will live once more ... I've been to eternity and back. I know how the dead would feel to live again.”

Knows Feels Earth Know How Eternity Flight Aviation

Author:Charles Lindbergh

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