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One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.

It is cool to make a pilot because you get to do all the fun stuff, and then you get to leave when all the tough stuff starts.

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

I love flying planes.

Sometimes you read pilots and, understandably, they're doing such a frantic tap dance for approval. I get why - it's such an incredibly competitive market.

Pilots are not the threat.

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.

The guy in the airplane goes with you. So he has self-interest to do the good things, too, and I don't know of any pilots that don't have a self-interest in staying alive.

Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.