Two pilots were discussing the merits of a twin-engine, propeller-driven aircraft undergoing service trials.
“How does it handle?” asked the pilot who hadn’t yet flown the new plane.
“Oh, it’s not bad,” was the reply.
“How is it in asymmetric flight? One engine out?”
After thinking for a moment, the other pilot replied, “That’s where it becomes tricky. If one engine quits, the other engine immediately takes you to the scene of the crash.”
I got bigger fish to fly - Archie Bunker
Breathing dreams like air. - F Scott Fitzgerald
The only victory over love is flight. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing. - J M Barrie
Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth. - Dutch Proverb
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. - Will Rogers
I'm not afraid of flying, I'm afraid of not flying. - Unknown
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers. - Plautus
If God had intended us to fly, He would never have given us railways. - Michael Flanders
For those determined to fly, having no wings is just a little detail. - Unknown
If ever a chef were to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself. - Poland Proverb
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. - Alexander Graham Bell
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
With birds flying around, man's desire for having wings rises to infinite. - Mehmet M Ildan
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport. - Jonathan Winters
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. - American Proverb
She would stay there, flying across the sea like a mermaid with wings, until the end. - Natalia Marx
My tent doesn't look like much but it is air-conditioned and has exceptional location. - Fennel Hudson
I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet. - Michael Jordan
Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest and let the spirits fly in and out. - Rumi
Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour; how sweet the flight of time seems to his calm mind. - Charles D Warner
Caesar dreamed that he was flying above the clouds, and now that he was clasping the hand of Jupiter. - Suetonius
Learn to close your eyes and trust. Learn to open your heart and love. Learn to take the risk and fly. - Maxime Lagace
I don't like all this fresh air: I'm from Los Angeles; I don't trust any air I can't see. - Bob Hope
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. - Plato
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. - Mark Russell
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford
There is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. - Edward Elgar
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
So just what are time flies, and why do they fly like an arrow? - Groucho Marx
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know so it goes flying anyway. - Mary Kay Ash
He who would learn to fly on day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The understanding must not therefore be supplied with wings, but rather hung with weights, to keep it fro leaping and flying. - Francis Bacon
It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. - Benjamin Franklin
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions. - John Ortberg
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. - Joel Hawes
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of twenty-two, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation. - Tom Stoppard
If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? - George Carlin
Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying. Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle. - Neil Armstrong
Music is amoral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. - Plato
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. - Victor Hugo
Breathing dreams like air. - F Scott Fitzgerald
The only victory over love is flight. - Napoleon Bonaparte
If you cannot teach me to fly, teach me to sing. - J M Barrie
Roasted pigeons will not fly into one's mouth. - Dutch Proverb
People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing. - Will Rogers
I'm not afraid of flying, I'm afraid of not flying. - Unknown
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers. - Plautus
If God had intended us to fly, He would never have given us railways. - Michael Flanders
For those determined to fly, having no wings is just a little detail. - Unknown
If ever a chef were to cook a fly, he would keep the breast for himself. - Poland Proverb
The nation that secures control of the air will ultimately control the world. - Alexander Graham Bell
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
With birds flying around, man's desire for having wings rises to infinite. - Mehmet M Ildan
If God had intended us to fly he would have made it easier to get to the airport. - Jonathan Winters
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. - American Proverb
She would stay there, flying across the sea like a mermaid with wings, until the end. - Natalia Marx
My tent doesn't look like much but it is air-conditioned and has exceptional location. - Fennel Hudson
I don't know about flying, but sometimes it feels like I have these little wings on my feet. - Michael Jordan
Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest and let the spirits fly in and out. - Rumi
Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour; how sweet the flight of time seems to his calm mind. - Charles D Warner
Caesar dreamed that he was flying above the clouds, and now that he was clasping the hand of Jupiter. - Suetonius
Learn to close your eyes and trust. Learn to open your heart and love. Learn to take the risk and fly. - Maxime Lagace
I don't like all this fresh air: I'm from Los Angeles; I don't trust any air I can't see. - Bob Hope
Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything. - Plato
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. - Mark Russell
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. - Henry Ford
There is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require. - Edward Elgar
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
So just what are time flies, and why do they fly like an arrow? - Groucho Marx
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know so it goes flying anyway. - Mary Kay Ash
He who would learn to fly on day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The understanding must not therefore be supplied with wings, but rather hung with weights, to keep it fro leaping and flying. - Francis Bacon
It's better to swim in the sea below
Than to swing in the air and feed the crow,
Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol. - Benjamin Franklin
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions. - John Ortberg
Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself. - Joel Hawes
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of twenty-two, it would have changed the history of music... and of aviation. - Tom Stoppard
If the "black box" flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash, why isn't the whole airplane made out of that stuff? - George Carlin
Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying. Pilots generally take pride in a good landing, not in getting out of the vehicle. - Neil Armstrong
Music is amoral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. - Plato
Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings. - Victor Hugo
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