Inglis M. Uppercu quotes

“You cannot get one nickel for commercial flying.”
-- Inglis M. Uppercu

#Flying Quotes #Nickels Quotes

“I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.”

“For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.”

“Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, "Is this thing still flying?" If the answer is yes, then there's no immediate danger, no need to overreact.”

“Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop.”

“On wings of wind came flying all abroad.”

“A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying.”

“the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.”

“I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain.”

Source : Amy Johnson (1939). “Sky Roads of the World”

“I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.”

“I've been readen th Bible an a hunten God fer a long while-off an on- but it ain't so easy as picken up a nickel off the floor.”