Ernest K. Gann - Fate Is the Hunter (1961)

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Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.

Ernest K. Gann

There are two kinds of airplanes - those you fly and those that fly you... You must have a distinct understanding at the very start as to who is the boss.

Ernest K. Gann

Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps.

Ernest K. Gann

He knew that we gave constant lip service to the dictates of safety and howled like Christians condemned to the arena if any compromise were made of it. He knew we were seekers after ease, suspicious, egotistic, and stubborn to a fault. He also knew that none of us would have continued our careers unless we had always been, and still were, helpless before this opportunity to take a chance.

Ernest K. Gann

I am drawn to the new chart with all of its colorful intricacies as a gourmet must anticipate the details of a feast... I shall keep them forever. As stunning exciting proof that a proper mixture of science and art is not only possible but a blessed union.

Ernest K. Gann