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

"We know our job has some risks... but we have to keep looking at the wonderful life we have with it. It sure beats the nine to five jobs and a lot of others. Besides the flying that we all love, the best rewards to us are the friends we make and we keep through the years."

Source: In October of 1999, the French Connection Airshow Team's Montaine Mallet wrote the above in a a note to Karen and Wayne Handley... less than a year before she perished when a practice flight awry, killing her and her husband/team-mate, Daniel Heligoin... and leaving the airshow world so much the poorer in their absence. A decade later, we miss them more than ever...

FMI: http://frobbi.org/dm/