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Percy Knauth Quotes:

Percy Knauth quotes

Ocupation: Author

Life: 1914 - January 22, 1995

Birthday: 1914

Death: January 22

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They will speak of things that are spiritual and beautiful and of things that are practical and utilitarian; they will mix up angels and engines, sunsets and spark plugs, fraternity and frequencies in one all-encompassing comradeship of interests that makes for the best and most lasting kind of friendship any man can have.

Topics: Beautiful, Spiritual, Sunset, Comradeship

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Nowadays a businessman can go from his office straight to the airport, get into his airplane and fly six hundred or seven hundred miles without taking off his hat. He probably will not even mention this flight, which a bare twenty-five years ago would have meant wearing leather jacket and helmet and goggles and risking his neck every minute of the way.

Topics: Airplane, Airports, Years, Goggles, Leather Jackets

No, he probably wouldn't mention it - except to another flier. Then they will talk for hours. They will re-create all the things seen and felt in that wonderful world of air: the sense of remoteness from the busy world below, the feeling of intense brotherhood formed with those who man the radio ranges and control towers and weather stations that bring the pilot home, the clouds and the colors, the surge of the wind on their wings.

Topics: Home, Men, Clouds, Wonderful World, Remoteness

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