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Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

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This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your aircraft and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you'd better get busy & make some more. Work harder, pay more attention. Do better preflights.

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A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

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Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.

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Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

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Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

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Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

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The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

Stephen Coonts

Stephen Coonts

Stephen Coonts

Born: July 19, 1946 (age 75)

Bio: Stephen Coonts is an American thriller and suspense novelist.

Known for:

Flight of the Intruder (1986)
Liberty's Last Stand (2016)
America: A Jake Grafton Novel (2001)
Pirate Alley (2013)
The Red Horseman (1993)

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