In a world where we are all slaves to the laws of gravity, skydivers are proud to be freedom fighters! – 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 may never get rid of the butterflies, but you can teach them how to fly in formation. – Author Unknown

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