"Aviation" Quotes . Top 26 Short Quotes About "Aviation"

"What man-made machine will ever achieve the complete perfection of even the goose's wing?"

--- Abbas ibn Firnas

#Achieve #Made #Predictions

"I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God."

--- Abraham Lincoln

#Imagine #Denying God #Aviation

"Gravity. It's not just a good idea; it's the law!"

--- Adam Savage

#Libertarian #Bumper #Law

"A recession is when you have to tighten your belt; depression is when you have no belt to tighten. When you've lost your trousers - you're in the airline business."

--- Adam Thomson

#Airline Business #Trousers #Recessions

"Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime."

--- Adolf Galland

#Passion #Lifetime #Meaning Of Life

"Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter."

--- Adolf Galland

#Enemy #Passion #Action

"For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller. Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air. Later when asked what it felt like, I said, "It felt as though angels were pushing"."

--- Adolf Galland

#Said #Vibrations #Air

"Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position."

--- Adolf Galland

#Enemy #Aviation #Inferiority

"Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior."

--- Adolf Galland

#Inferiors #Superiors #Achievement

"An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both."

--- Adolf Galland

#Fighter Pilot #Excellent #Fighter

""He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing," is one of the fundamental rules of defense."

--- Adolf Galland

#Protect #Fundamentals #Aviation

"The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, the fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack."

--- Adolf Galland

#Prey #Superiors #Order

"Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system."

--- Adolf Galland

#Today #Aviation #Weapons

"To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse."

--- Adolf Galland

#Horse #Achieve #Carts

"As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking."

--- Adolf Galland

#Thinking #Daring #Long Runs

"It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again."

--- Adolf Galland

#Unfortunate Circumstances #Circumstances #Complexes

"During the Battle of Britain the question "fighter or fighter-bomber?" had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won."

--- Adolf Galland

#Effects #Britain #Bombers

"The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief in the necessity of the victory of a revolutionary new order on this globe."

--- Adolf Hitler

#Revolutionary #Dependent #Brutal

"I will not wage war against women and children! I have instructed my air force to limit their attacks to military objectives. However, if the enemy should conclude from this that he might get away with waging war in a different manner he will receive an answer that he'll be knocked out of his wits!"

--- Adolf Hitler

#Wit #Enemy #Get Away

"If we had these rockets in 1939, we should never have had this war."

--- Adolf Hitler

#War #Aviation #Airpower

"Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best."

--- Adolph Malan

#Tactics #Aviation #Combat

"Height gives you the initiative."

--- Adolph Malan

#Aviation #Height #Combat

"Never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in the combat area."

--- Adolph Malan

#Seconds #Aviation #Levels

"Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.'"

--- Adolph Malan

#Seconds #Sight #Fire

"Whilst shooting think of nothing else; brace the whole of the body; have both hands on the stick; concentrate on your ring sight."

--- Adolph Malan

#Thinking #Sight #Sticks

"Go in quickly - Punch Hard - Get out!"

--- Adolph Malan

#Aviation #Combat #Hard

26 "Aviation" Quotes