Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON. '
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations.
Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.
When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower.
Height gives you the initiative.
I flew in combat in Vietnam. I got shot at, I shot back, I got shot down. Compared to this flight, I felt a lot safer in combat.
It's all right if your automobile goes wrong while you are driving it. You can get out in the road and tinker with it. But if your airplane breaks down, you can't sit on a convenient cloud and tinker with that!
The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.
I didn't start the business to make a pile of money. I did it to preserve myself for old age.
Always carry through an attack when you have started it.
Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling.
All the calculations show it can't work. There's only one thing to do: make it work.
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m. '
There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts and it only has value when it's predictable and reliable.
Motor cut. Forced landing. Hit cow. Cow died. Scared me.
Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.
Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots.
If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it.
Hey Ridley, that Machometer is acting screwy. It just went off the scale on me.