Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"It's clear to us that this was a compromise verdict. We came here not for money but to vindicate Parker's good name, and we think we achieved that in this verdict."

Source: Lorrie Paul Crum, vice president of corporate communications at Parker Hannifin, after a Missouri jury awarded the family of Governor Mel Carnahan $4 million dollars for his death and that of his son. They, along with an aide to the governor, were killed October 16, 2000, when their Cessna 335 went down in southeastern Missouri. The family blamed Parker Hannifin, which made the vacuum pumps aboard the 335, for the deaths, saying it was just one of more than 20 fatal aviation accidents attributable to the pumps.

FMI: www.parker.com