Aircraft Quotations | Page 2

I was brought up in the north of Scotland, and where I lived was so lowly populated, it was used as a low-flying area by the Air Force, so lots of exciting aircraft used to fly over my village.

It has become clear since the list was published that the Air Force abused the BRAC process by discriminating against Air National Guard Units and by making programmatic aircraft location changes not within the scope of the BRAC law, ... Additionally, neither I nor my Adjutant General was consulted before the 131st was included on the BRAC list, which makes the realignment of the 131st illegal.

I thought he looked quite good in his flight suit landing on the aircraft carrier. He looked very natural, like he wore it everyday. It was like seeing Dick Cheney in a hospital gown. It looked like the most normal thing in the world.

We need additional technology to supplement manned aircraft surveillance and current ground assets to ensure more effective monitoring of United States territory.

The aircraft will sink into material and it pressing against the front gear will cause much more friction than normal braking would, ... It can stop it very quickly with no injury and very little damage to the aircraft.

The aircraft was cleared for takeoff early yesterday morning and made a 90-minute flight to Beaver Lake, about halfway to Davis Station.

The aircraft really is too badly damaged to do a complete restoration. (And) people really want to see it the way it appeared in the lake.

The aircraft made two close approaches, (with the pilot) making gestures, ... And then, on the third one, his closure rate was too high, and he impacted the number-one propeller, which caused a violent shaking in the aircraft. And then, his nose impacted our nose, and our nose cone flew off, and the airplane immediately snap-rolled to about 130 degrees in low bank and became uncontrollable.

The aircraft appeared to be functioning normally and was flown in a steady fashion,

The acquisition of these aircraft (Cirrus) strengthens our commitment to move to an all-glass fleet.

That will bring our total of stealth fighters up to 24 in the theater, and our total number of aircraft up to about 220.

will devote all the necessary resources to determine what caused this aircraft to crash.

While the aircraft were flying near each other, one of the aircraft turned and made contact with the other aircraft. That aircraft (the one that was turning) in turn is the aircraft that crashed in the Watertown area.

We continue to see high demand for international cargo capacity and we want to ensure that we have the aircraft to meet that demand long-term.

We'll wait until their investigation is over to do our own evaluation on the aircraft and the packages on board.

We had flown Shark21 mostly up to that point so both the aircraft would be available for the Prime Minister's flight (on February 2),

We have a fleet of aircraft that all have customers. Every single aircraft has a contract.

We've got some people on the way down there tomorrow. And we'll continue to work hard both here and in Washington. And it appears also the Chinese have lost an aircraft and we're sorry that occurred.

We have almost 80 acres on the south side, to park aircraft on, and during the season it's packed full, ... They may be sitting there 20, 30 or 40 minutes waiting to be released by the central tower.

We know that the aircraft broke into several pieces and there was a fire at the rear part of the aircraft,

Today's strikes are in response to recent Iraqi hostile threats, including enhancement of its air defense systems against coalition aircraft monitoring the no-fly zones.

We know there's plenty of demand, not only in Wichita, but all over the country for these folks, ... We recently visited in Little Rock, Ark., where there are several companies there needing cabinet makers for their aircraft as well.

We can accommodate all of the corporate jets out there. The market for an airport like this is the commercial passenger planes, commercial freight and also general aviation - usually piston-engine aircraft and jet traffic. We also have several military contracts with (United States) Customs, (the Department of) Homeland Security and all branches of the armed services.

We have not seen this level of aircraft carrier activity for a couple years. That number of aircraft carriers in the Pacific under way, in close proximity to each other, (hasn't happened) in 10 years.

We have not heard, clearly, what they intend to do, ... I hope the commission makes it clear what this new status is in terms of aircraft and staffing.

We haven't decided on the aircraft type or the amount. We're studying every aspect of the issue.

We are in a dramatically changed business environment, ... The slow recovery of both air travel and airline profitability continues to hurt demand for both aircraft and aircraft support. Demand for commercial satellite launches may be several years away from recovery.

We'll do a complete inspection of the aircraft now and we'll report our findings to the FAA.

Unfortunately, they had to turn back due to inclement weather. They're now waiting for the next weather opportunity to get out to the aircraft and we hope that in the next few days, that opportunity will arise.

Whether it's an aircraft engine, nuclear submarine or power station, the project management challenges are consistently the same. The online program provides education that project managers can use in any industry.

We are putting in as many aircraft as we can, but as fast as we open up seats, the faster they get booked. I have never seen anything like this. We couldn't be happier.

The Raptor not only combines the capabilities of several legacy aircraft by delivering air dominance, lethal intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, but it does so without adversaries even knowing the aircraft is out there -- as proven this past year. As the world's only 5th Generation fighter aircraft in operation, it has overwhelming capability to ensure USAF air dominance for the next four decades.

This would mean a lot of business opportunities from this region for aircraft manufacturers in the coming years.

We'd like to see this number strengthen, however, estimates have been revised lower, which is possibly a result of the same affliction that caused the drop in durable goods two weeks ago, namely a slowdown in aircraft orders.

We do have aircraft in that area making drops, but with the coming of nightfall, we'll have to ground those shortly.

We want to help them get the word out that they converted from the Otter to the Beechcraft, ... We want people to experience the aircraft and hopefully the word of mouth will translate into more passengers.

The decision to suspend the air operator certificate was based on a review of the company's record and concerns with the company's ability to exercise operational control, including proper record keeping and aircraft maintenance.

The expected drop in aircraft orders is strictly month-to- month noise and does not have any impact on the outlook for growth.

We combine all the revenue that those aircraft generate and then we share the revenue based on how much capacity each of us has contributed to that model.

When people are driving down the interstate, they are going to see this simulated airport, which is the museum, and they are going to see aircraft sitting 100 yards off the freeway.

We will devote all the necessary resources to determine what caused this aircraft to crash, ... We are beginning what may be a long investigation, and we are prepared to do what it takes to find the answers to the questions we are seeking.

This system will support software programs that make available in the cockpit information that today exists only on paper or in the hands of air traffic controllers. Ultimately, it will help pilots with navigation and allow them to space their aircraft on their own; call up the most complete and accurate long-range weather maps; warn of potential collisions on the ground; push the maintenance logbook into the digital age, and place the entire flight manual within easy electronic recall.

This requirement will be met by airplanes in the 200- to 400-seat capacity category, with relatively few very large aircraft being needed.

There have been, we believe, a number of fighter aircraft sorties against refugees, but I can't comment any further about that,

There has been just enough activity on the big, new shiny aircraft front ... to keep both manufacturers feeling and talking very buoyantly about the future,

When Concorde went out of service the business aircraft operators and the airlines thought: we will find a market niche here and we are going to exploit it,

We're not just looking to reduce the noise an aircraft makes but also to change the way it's flown to produce significant noise savings.

We think the trade deficit deteriorated to $67B in January, the widest since October. Petroleum imports likely rose by over $1B due to higher prices - up 6.4%. In real terms, imports were probably close to unchanged. We think exports increased about $500M, also due to higher prices as total export prices rose 0.7%. Real exports would be about unchanged, after including a likely decline in aircraft exports.

We think the drinking water on aircraft is safe to drink and has been.

With a three-quarter-billion-dollar order backlog and the first of many A500 deliveries last year, we now look forward to Craig providing his production experience to quickly ramp up deliveries to six aircraft per month to meet this strong customer demand.

The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, ... recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent Americans, American institutions, and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the aircraft they were aboard could not be used as a weapon.

The Philippine air force is putting together aircraft that should be loaded with people from the mining community as well as soldiers as well as other volunteer groups. Hopefully, a dog team will be able to get ahead of them there.

When you get the radar beam close to the ground, you just see snow, you don't see individual targets. All of the radar was basically designed to look at aircraft in the air. They never really thought that much about ground tracking.

When you live in the second largest city in the country, there is going to be a lot of aircraft and people have to understand that. Cities are noisy places, whether it's noise coming from the ground or in the air. I have helicopters flying over my home but that is the price I pay for living in the Hollywood Hills. That is the price I pay for living in Los Angeles.

With the arrival of new, modern and fuel-efficient aircraft in our North American fleet, Air Canada is now able to implement significant network improvements that will benefit consumers with more point-to-point, non-stop flights and enhanced schedules.

With the aircraft on jacks, small excitation forces will be applied to the airframe. Measurements of the structural response for a range of excitation frequencies will be made using accelerometers.

We will have more or less 1,000 aircraft on stream very soon -- able to maintain a continuous operation to tighten the screw on Serb forces.

We're the ones who know what the bill ought to be for your electricity. We've helped people with adoptions. We can help you with your aircraft strategy. People say, 'Do I buy? Do I lease? Do I charter? Do I just ride first class?' We can do analysis on that.

Training is an important issue in this area, and I think the board would like to see training get more attention and see an increased use of simulators on these types of aircraft, similar to what we see with the scheduled air service and the larger aircraft that are operating in that service in the United States.

Today we've sent AWACS aircraft and patriot missiles and chem-bio defensive equipment to Turkey, another ally in trouble, under threat, asking for help, ... That's what the alliance of free nations is all about.

While this is the largest monthly decline in nearly five years, the fall is entirely attributable to civilian aircraft, as non-defense aircraft orders returned to a normal pace, after a stunningly strong December.

To see this damage and to hear such a unique and great possession like this had been destroyed was just crushing. Today's been full of a lot of memories, just about all the wonderful flights that I had taken in the aircraft and my history with it.

Up until now, the aircraft carried no major defects.

The recording obtained from the accident CVR was completely blank, with no conversations or aircraft noise heard on any of the four channels.

We had to delay the launch of flights as we try to secure orders on aircraft, but we are now in final negotiations. The aircraft market is really, really tight at the moment.

Those targets were attacked by AC-130 gunships and by fighter aircraft from the carriers. And the compound from which they left, the command and control compound from which they left, was also struck,

What is hard for us to understand well, and hard for me to explain to Secretary (of State Colin) Powell, is the inability to get a phone call through to the aircraft commander or to talk to the crew.

What I was most curious about was why Armstrong, a top U.S. Navy test pilot, flying the most advanced aircraft in the world, would want to join the astronaut corps in 1962, which included chimpanzees and monkeys.

When you own aircraft outright, you spend a lot more time managing a plane and not conducting your business.

We had the opportunity to play on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, definitely a great experience there. You get to go out every night and play against one of the best teams in the world and you get to travel and see the world doing it. It's a hard gig to beat.

We expect our 1999 sales to grow faster than the global economy as a result of new product introductions in each of our business units, expected demand for aircraft safety systems, market-share growth in the aerospace aftermarket, capacity expansion in turbochargers and recovery in the electronics market,

We expect durable goods to be up a bit, due to higher aircraft sales.

To us, this proposal makes sense. The aircraft is not being used to find or harass or haze bears.

We like to have a variety of aircraft serving different types of markets. Continental Connection affiliates increase the number of passengers connecting to mainline Continental service at airports like Tampa.

Bombardier continues to strengthen its position as Europe's leading provider of total transportation solutions. We are introducing new aircraft that deliver our customers unsurpassed performance and superior value in traditional European markets such as Switzerland, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, while also successfully playing a pioneering role to establish business aviation in new markets like Russia and the Ukraine.

Boeing licenses its commercial and military aircraft trademarks to model makers and, as required by federal law, monitors the quality of these products,

Boeing has the financial resources to withstand a strike of at least two to three months, and much of the negative financial effect will be reversed once aircraft deliveries resume,

Boeing and Lockheed are scared. They also don't want to get cross-wise with NASA, and NASA has sent the message to those companies that it views outer space as its monopoly, ... Those companies also have a history of being risk averse to put up their own capital when they don't have a government program to support them. This is very risky. The commercial aircraft business is very predictable compared to the aerospace.

Both Air India and Indian Airlines need a massive infusion of aircraft and equity to see they are able to compete in the world.

As the record aircraft orders of last year are delivered, matching capacity to demand will become even more critical. And Avian Flu is the wild card for 2006.

At that point, the Brussels bureaucrats decided to perpetuate the FSC/ETI dispute in an ill-conceived effort to gain some sort of leverage in the civil aircraft dispute. Their blatant linkage of WTO disputes serves as a dangerous precedent,

Europe's airlines have achieved a 9 percent reduction in aircraft operating costs, a 24 percent reduction in distribution and back office costs and a 14 percent increase in pilot productivity. Airports, on the other hand, gave the airlines a 13 percent increase in per-passenger costs, with a total bill for airlines and their users of $14.5 billion.

During the recent downturn, the legacy carriers have gradually used up their financial cushion of aircraft and other assets they can borrow against. If they are forced to face a new crisis, they may fail more quickly than they have in the past.

During the past 30 years, European governments have provided more than $15 billion in the form of low- and no-cost loans to Airbus for the specific purpose of developing new aircraft lines.

During the moment of silence, and when the aircraft flew overhead, it really just hits you.

There's no excuse for skimping on national defense when the country is at war. Retiring an aircraft carrier more than a decade early isn't in the best interest of the nation at this time.

The transfer of a Russian aircraft group to Sudan to join the peacekeeping operation under the auspices of the UN will begin in three days.

I stand by the decision to build the aircraft carriers.

I've been told by people that have seen it that it does, in fact, show the aircraft being fired upon. But I haven't seen it,

I've been lucky enough to have flown some very interesting aircraft in the past, but SpaceShipTwo is far and away the most exciting of them all.

The work will be a hardship while it's under way for a lot of the aircraft owners and operators. However, the feedback we're getting is they recognize it's important for the long-term use of the airport.

These are all steps in the right direction. Clearly the sale of the aircraft unit is a positive. I have questioned for a long time why they've had it. Good riddance.

The rule of thumb is that aircraft are built for a 20-year economic life. That doesn't mean they fall out of the sky after 20 years. But it does mean they need tender loving care.

It would be a shame not to have an aircraft carrier because we know the public looks forward to seeing them come and the sailors being able to enjoy the sights of Broward County. It's been an honor for us because we've been the only non-naval port south of Norfolk to be able to accept an aircraft carrier.

It was very fortunate that our three Pacific Fleet aircraft carriers - Enterprise, Saratoga and Lexington - missed the Pearl Harbor attack.

The sky isn't falling, just new non-defense aircraft orders.

The strike is the first by Iberia's pilot's since it was privatized and the company says the present row could lead to it losing $100m, canceling aircraft orders and cutting jobs.

The system that Northwest has in place can't last forever. They're falling down. No matter what they report they are falling down on the repair of the aircraft and, at some point, it's going to have to come to an end and we're going to have to go back into work.

Reaching this milestone is an incredible accomplishment for the entire C-17 team. And hitting one million flight hours more than a year ahead of the original plan is a testament to the aircraft and our customers' confidence in it.

Raytheon has a big advantage in that the U.S. is a leading provider of combat aircraft to the world.