“ As to rocket ships flying between America and Europe, I believe it is worth seriously trying for. Thirty years ago persons who were developing flying were laughed at as mad, and that scorn hindered av… Auguste Piccard
“ Aviation - and space travel, in particular - have always been especially captivating. Felix Baumgartner
“ What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly? William Law
“ If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation. Tom Stoppard
“ What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century. Bertrand Piccard
“ Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future will… Lawrence Hargrave
