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“Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done.”

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Pappy Boyington

Pappy Boyington was an individual of an unknown profession, born on December 4, 1912, and died on January 11, 1988. more

“There's something wonderfully exciting about the quiet sing song of an aeroplane overhead with all the guns in creation lighting out at it, and searchlights feeling their way across the sky like antennae, and the earth shaking snort of the bombs and the whimper of shrapnel pieces when they come down to patter on the roof.”

Way Feelings Earth Song Pieces Sky Creation Quiet Gun Exciting Bombs Aviation Combat Roof Shaking Lighting Aeroplanes Overhead

Book:The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos

Source: The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters and Diaries of John Dos Passos

“It was no picnic despite what anyone might say later . . . . Most of us were pretty scared all the bloody time; you only felt happy when the battle was over and you were on your way home, then you were safe for a bit, anyway.”

Way Home Might Felt Bits Battle Safe Scared Despite Aviation Combat Bloody Picnics Way Home

Author:Colin S. Gray

“Won't it be nice when all this beastly killing is over, and we can enjoy ourselves and not hurt anyone? I hate this game.”

Hate Games Enjoy Hurt Nice I Hate Killing Aviation Combat Being Nice Beastly

Author:Albert Ball

“The heavens were the grandstands and only the gods were spectators. The stake was the world, the forfeit was the player's place at the table, and the game had no recess. It was the most dangerous of all sports and the most fascinating. It got in the blood like wine. It aged men forty years in forty days. It ruined nervous systems in an hour.”

Men World Years Games Heaven Sports Hours Player Blood Dangerous Tables Wine Nervous Fascinating Aviation Forty Combat Stakes Ruined Spectators Nervous System Recess Forfeit

Book:Pilots' Luck

Source: Pilots' Luck

“. . . It is as though horror has frozen the blood in my veins, paralyzed my arms, and torn all thought from my brain with the swipe of a paw. I sit there, flying on, and continue to stare, as though mesmerised, at the Cauldron on my left.”

Left Brain Blood Arms Horror Flying Staring Aviation Combat Torn Veins Frozen Paralyzed Paws Cauldrons

Author:Ernst Udet

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