Aircraft Quotes

The CEO of an aircraft company [Boeing] should know how to design aircraft, not spreadsheets.

The battle began in the skies above us. In those first tense midnight hours, 1,000 aircraft roared overhead, with 17,000 Allied airborne troops preparing to leap into the darkness beyond these trees. Then came dawn. The enemy who had occupied these heights saw the largest naval armada in the history of the world. Just a few miles offshore were 7,000 vessels bearing 130,000 warriors.

The most powerful deterrent to war in the world today lies in the retaliatory power of our Strategic Air Command and the aircraft of our Navy. They present to any potential attacker who would unleash war upon the world the prospect of virtual annihilation of his own country.

The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.