If riding in an airplane is flying, then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the element, then get out of the vehicle. – Author Unknown

I was on the point of cutting the cord that suspended me between heaven and earth… and measured with my eye the vast space that separated me from the rest of the human race… I felt myself precipitated with a velocity that was checked by the sudden unfolding of my parachute. – André-Jacques Garnerin, 1797

You know you’re a skydiver when you try to convince the flight attendant on a commercial flight that you really would be much more comfortable sitting on the floor. – Author Unknown