“The essence of air transport is speed, and speed is unfortunately one of the most expensive commodities in the world, principally because of the disproportionate amount of the power required to achieve high speed and to lift loads thousands of feet into the air. This is strikingly illustrated by the fact that while an average cargo ship, freight train and transport aeroplane are each equipped with engines totalling about 2,500 H.P., the ship can carry a load of about 7,000 tons, the train 800 tons and the plane only two and a half tons.” WorldTwoFactsHalfAirFeetAchieveAmountEssenceTrainAverageSpeedShipsLiftsPlanesExpensiveEnginesLoadCommodityTransportAeroplanesHigh SpeedCargo Author:J. R. D. Tata
“The urge to climb will never be explained. In olden days, perhaps it was a wish to reach the stars. Today, anyone so minded can buy a seat on a plane and feel himself master of the skies. Even so, he will not have rock under his feet, or air upon his face; nor will he know the silence that comes only on the hills.” KnowsFeelsTodayFacesWishStarsSilenceAirFeetSkyRocksMastersHillsPlanesSeatsClimbsUrgesOlden Days Book:Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 1: Frenchman's Creek; The Birds & Other Stories; Hungry Hill Source: Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 1: Frenchman's Creek; The Birds & Other Stories; Hungry Hill
“On the plane, an eight-year-old with an excess of testosterone keeps running across my feet. Finally I grab him by his T-shirt and say, very sweetly, 'Listen, darling, if you don't stop trampling me I'm going to make you sit on my lap while I tell you my entire life story. Including a lot of details about drug rehab and my divorce.' He goes back to his seat.” IfsYearsStoriesRunningFeetDrugIncludingDetailsEightDivorceFlyingPlanesShirtsSeatsExcessT ShirtLapDarlingLife StoryRehabTestosteroneKeep RunningVery Sweet Author:Rosanne Cash
“Have you ever been up in your plane at night, alone, somewhere, 20,000 feet above the ocean?... Did you ever hear music up there?... It's the music a man's spirit sings to his heart, when the earth's far away and there isn't any more fear. It's the high, fine, beautiful sound of an earth-bound creature who grew wings and flew up high and looked straight into the face of the future. And caught, just for an instant, the unbelievable vision of a free man in a free world.” MenWorldHeartEarthBeautifulFacesJoySpiritNightSoundFreedomVisionFeetFineGrewCreaturesOceanWingsBoundsCaughtFlyingPlanesInstantFar AwayUnbelievableFlewFree ManFree WorldNights AloneFlew Up Author:Dalton Trumbo
“Did you hear about this genius that got on a plane and set fire to his feet? Turns out he had bombs in his shoes and the problem all started when the flight attendants asked him nicely to extinguish his feet. He was wearing exploding sneakers. The new Nike Air-Jihads!” ProblemTurnsFireAirFeetGeniusShoesFlightPlanesBombsJihadExplodingSneakersNikeFlight Attendant Author:David Letterman
“I used to be an airline pilot. I got fired because I kept locking the keys in the plane. They caught me on an 80 foot stepladder with a coat hanger.” HumorFunnyUsedFeetKeysCaughtUsed To BePlanesPilotsCoatsAirlineHangersAirline PilotsCoat Hangers Author:Steven Wright
“Look in every city or any town. Travel by foot, or train or plane. Do not settle until there is love. For there, there will be the address of your happiness.” LooksCitiesFeetTownsTrainPlanesSettlingAddresses Author:David Paul
“The pitch would normally be low, but my ball starts carrying and stays on a sustained plane. Everyone always complains - 'that ball is low' - but then you go back and look at the tape, and it's right there. My catchers tell me, and the hitters tell me, that the ball stays true flight the last five or six feet.” LooksLastsFiveFeetSixLowsBallsComplainingFlightPlanesTapeStay TrueCatchers Author:Roy Oswalt
“If you think, 'I'm jumping out of a plane at 30,000 feet!' you're not going to do it. But if you just jump out, then you'll have an interesting ride.” IfsThinkingInterestingFeetPlanesJumping Author:Luke Treadaway
“I remember getting into the plane, and I was kind of fearful. I didn't know why. I just felt like something was going to happen, and we landed and I thought that was interesting because I was just thinking we were going to crash. I just remember my feet touching the ground, and that's all I remember.” ThinkingKnowsKindHappensRememberFeltInterestingFeetPlanesTouchingFearfulCrashLike Something Author:Lauren Scruggs
“The Aloha spirit is something that is very special and very meaningful to us and our Polynesian culture. Those of you who have had the opportunity to visit Hawaii, or any of the Polynesian islands, know that it's a very special thing. It's an intangible, and when you get off the plane and have your feet on the ground there, it energetically takes you to a different place.” KnowsDifferentSpiritCultureOpportunityFeetSpecialMeaningfulPlanesIslandsHawaiiDifferent PlaceIntangibleVery MeanFeet On The GroundSpecial ThingsAlohaVery MeaningfulPolynesians Author:Dwayne Johnson