Quotes and Sayings About Pilots
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
-- Adam Baldwin -
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 -
Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
-- Adolf Galland -
The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
-- Adolf Galland -
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
-- Adolf Galland -
Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.
-- Alan Shepard -
Then there was the challenge to keep doing better and better, to fly the best test flight that anybody had ever flown. That led to my being recognized as one of the more experienced test pilots, and that led to the astronaut business.
-- Alan Shepard -
You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.
-- Alan Shepard -
But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot school, I began to realize, maybe you are a little bit better.
-- Alan Shepard -
Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.
-- Albert Scott Crossfield -
I always wanted to be on Glee. As soon as the pilot aired, I said I needed to be on the show.
-- Alex Newell -
I'm actively looking at pilots in the very limited pilot season that is about to begin. Lots of work for my clothing line which is extremely exciting.
-- Alyssa Milano -
Every pilot I've ever written, I've fallen deeply and madly in love with. It's the only way I work.
-- Amy Sherman-Palladino -
I'm going to write a whole pilot and see if anyone's interested, and if not then I'll just live out the tortured life instead of showing it on TV.
-- Andy Milonakis -
Every first episode of a season has been crafted like another pilot.
-- Anna Torv -
The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.
-- Ari Graynor -
Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description.
-- Barry Goldwater -
You read a lot of pilots during pilot season, and not all of them really grab you.
-- Brandon Jay McLaren -
There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by.
-- Bret McKenzie -
I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.
-- Brian Austin Green -
I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job.
-- Bruce Dickinson -
I'm trying to be as green as I can. As an airline pilot, I have a carbon footprint that's a size 10, so it's pretty hard.
-- Bruce Dickinson -
I don't watch the show - only bits and pieces of all of them. The only one I sat through was the pilot.
-- Calista Flockhart -
Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.
-- Calvin Coolidge -
Garcia wondered why people with JESUS stickers on their bumper always drove twenty miles per hour under the speed limit. If God was my co-pilot, he thought, I'd be doing a hundred and twenty.
-- Carl Hiaasen -
So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking.
-- Charisma Carpenter -
If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again, I have seen aggressive action, even from a disadvantageous position, completely rout a powerful Nip formation.
-- Charles H. MacDonald -
There's always some pressure to achieve something. You make a pilot, but you don't know if you're going to get a show. And then, you make a show, but you don't know if people are going to watch. And then, people watch, but you don't know if enough people are watching.
-- Charles Halford