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Aviator Inspirational Quotes (409)

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When people have asked if I'd like to go in the Shuttle, I said you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it
Wally Schirra
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When a test pilot comes off a flight, there is typically another pilot who is going to take it up, and he believes in the debriefing. You don't keep something to yourself
Wally Schirra
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Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
Wally Schirra
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Each test pilot I know considers him, or herself, now that there are women, to be the very best. It's very demeaning to step down the ladder once in a while
Wally Schirra
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I played English football - soccer - instead of American football, because we couldn't afford the equipment.
Wally Schirra
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I left Earth three times and found no other place to go. Please take care of Spaceship Earth.
Wally Schirra
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Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.
Wally Schirra
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I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero. Many years later, I was lucky enough to go hunting with him.
Wally Schirra
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John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.
Wally Schirra
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I don't go along with going to Moon first to build a launch pad to go to Mars. We should go to Mars from Earth orbit. We have already been to the Moon we've already practiced.
Wally Schirra
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You don't raise heroes, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they'll turn out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes.
Wally Schirra
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Another real problem was over putting our helmets on for re-entry, because we all had severe head colds. They couldn't come up there and make us. Houston, you have a problem!
Wally Schirra
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Levity is the lubricant of a crisis. We resort to jokes, pranks and good natured kidding to relieve tension, stress and boredom.
Wally Schirra
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As a child I went to a circus. They had a man shot out of a cannon into a net. I became intrigued with what was going on.
Wally Schirra
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Tired of trying to sort them out, you relax for a second, then your head drops and you sit up with a jerk, Where are you? What are you doing here? Oh yes, of course, you are somewhere in the middle of the North Atlantic, with hungry waves below you like vultures impatiently waiting for the end.
Amy Johnson
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It is a good idea for everyone who does not have contra-indications to receive a flu shot.
Amy Johnson
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Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. . . .
Amy Johnson
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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.
Charles Lindbergh
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Trouble in the air is very rare. It is hitting the ground that causes it.
Amelia Earhart
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Human crises have a way of happening at inconvenient times.
Amelia Earhart
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If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.
Amelia Earhart
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Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.
Amelia Earhart
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You can do anything you decide to do.
Amelia Earhart
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No borders, just horizons - only freedom.
Amelia Earhart
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