10/11/2011
There's no such thing as a natural-born pilot.
— Chuck Yeager
I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world — British, French, Pakistani, Iranian, Japanese, Chinese — and there wasn't a dime's worth of difference between any of them except for one unchanging, certain fact: the best, most skillful pilot has the most experience.
— Chuck Yeager
Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't b'lieve anything anybody tells you about an airplane.
— Chuck Yeager
Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly.
— Gene Cernan