Aviation is not in itself inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than even the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect. – Alfred Gilmer Lamplugh

Ah, if he could have plunged up into the clouds, so as to sweep thereon through the undulating heavens over the boundless earth!—ah, if he could have floated with the flower-fragrance over the flowers,—could have streamed with the wind over the summits, through the woods! – Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, Hesperus, or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography,

If the good Lord had wanted people to stay on the ground, he would have given us roots. – Author Unknown

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