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Aeroplanes interested me, and at the outbreak of the Second World War, I joined the RAF as a volunteer reservist. I took the opportunity of studying the books which the RAF made available for radio mechanics and looked forward to an interesting course in radio. -- Godfrey Hounsfield
From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes. -- David Mackay
Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment. -- John Amery
Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age. -- Bertrand Russell
I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it. -- Scilla Elworthy
My job involves a lot of sitting on aeroplanes and a lot of walking in high heels! I find yoga helps with both. -- Anja Rubik
The bravest thing I've ever done is fly to New York. I'm simply terrified of aeroplanes - I am the woman you see weeping at the airport. -- Samantha Bond
Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases. -- Manfred von Richthofen
Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square foot, attain a greater angle of elevation, and have fewer parts. -- Lawrence Hargrave
Sometimes people wonder why aeroplanes are so cheap and rockets are so expensive. Even the most superficial comparison shows one obvious difference: aeroplane engines use outside air to burn their fuel, while rockets have to carry their own oxidisers along. -- Henry Spencer
After two wars, I have been in danger too often to bother very much about being killed, and when it comes, I would prefer that it should happen in an aeroplane, since aeroplanes have been the best part of my life. -- Nevil Shute
I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year at grammar school, Mum was really surprised. My parents sent me to a child psychologist, who suggested I might have Asperger's syndrome. -- Gary Numan
How I envy writers who can work on aeroplanes or in hotel rooms. On the run I can produce an article or a book review, or even a film script, but for fiction I must have my own desk, my own wall with my own postcards pinned to it, and my own window not to look out of. -- John Banville
There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids. -- Magnus Scheving
The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy. -- Manfred von Richthofen
It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols. -- John Masefield
The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades. -- Hermann Goring
Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow. -- Nevil Shute
The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. -- Claude Debussy
I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away. -- Winston Churchill
How sad that we can now go up in aeroplanes and see that there are no gods upon the clouds. -- Gavin Pretor-Pinney
The age of automobiles and aeroplanes cannot express itself in the same manner as did the age of the diligence. -- Claude Debussy
What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors. -- Robert Mugabe
Some believe that those aeroplanes on September 11 came out of a clear blue sky. I believe they came out of a swamp of hatred created by us. -- George Galloway
Why are there no windows in the toilets on aeroplanes? To protect you from the most dedicated perverts on the planet, hanging off the wing to get a peep? -- Billy Connolly

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