Quote

Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.

Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.

I used to hate flying. I would sit there, rigid, convinced that if I relaxed, the plane would drop out of the sky.

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

I am cursed with the inability to sleep on planes - ever.

I've had a chance to fly a lot of different airplanes, but it was nothing like the shuttle ride.

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

The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional.

It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.