Aviation Quotes

[KeyWestPhotog]

Anyone have any good aviation quotes? I just heard a good one, by Magnum PI of all people.

"In a world filled with obstacles, knowing how to fly, can get you a long way"


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[Jim Logajan]

Anyone have any good aviation quotes?

"There's a web site for that."

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/aviation.html

http://www.lonestarflyers.com/quotes.htm

http://aviationgeeks.com/read/2011/03/08/best_aviation_quotes

http://www.skygod.com/quotes/

 

[Jim Logajan]

“Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”


― Leonardo da Vinci

I've seen the above quote a lot on the net. The only problem is that there appears to be no supporting evidence that da Vinci ever wrote it or anything like it in any language.

 

[Jim Logajan]

It never made sense to me. Though he made drawings of flying machines, I don't believe he ever actually flew. Even the Montgolfier brothers hot air balloon came 300 years after da Vinci.

I found the following discussion about the veracity of the alleged da Vinci quote on the da Vinci Wikipedia talk page for quotes attributed to him:

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Leonardo_da_Vinci

According to that page, as best anyone can tell, it may have actually been written by John H. Secondari for a TV documentary about da Vinci. Or a figment of Ben Bova's imagination. Seems to be the next step is for someone to locate and review the episode in which the quote is alleged to have appeared.