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.

Let us hear from you, folks!

Aero-News Quote of the Day

"It happens hundreds of times a year and there's never enough fanfare, in my opinion, given to those who not only cast gravity aside... but do so in vehicles that they crafted for themselves. It starts months and years ahead of the event... filled with puzzlement, accomplishment, disappointment, confusion, eventual comprehension/understanding and lots of 'just plane' hard work. But when you're done, you trundle this contraption out to a runway and commit your dreams, as well as yourself, to undertaking aviation in a way that only a few can boast of... after all; it's the first flight of a aircraft that you crafted -- yourself."

Source: ANN E-I-C Jim Campbell, in an editorial about the lifetime milestone of building an airplane yourself... and flying it for the first time... in honor of ANN Stringer, Robbie Culver's, first flight in his Sonex. 

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