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Quotes by Aviator

"When you design it, think how you would feel if you had to fly it! Safety first!"

"Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it."

"Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real."

"As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted."

"Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight."

"My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose."

"The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down."

"I cut the emergency switch just in time to keep 'Winnie Mae' from making an exhibition of herself by standing on her nose. That would have been fatal to our hopes."
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"I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars."

"This is a Solo Flight, but I want aviation enthusiasts and adventurers everywhere to join me in the endeavour."

"I decided blacks should not have to experience the difficulties I had faced, so I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly."

"The human voice cannot mount up into these boundless solitudes."

"The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence."

"What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream."
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