#pilot

And so, I was not a military test pilot, but as soon as NASA expressed an interest in flying scientists and people who were not military test pilots, that was an epiphany that just came like a stroke of lightning. ↗

— Story Musgrave

#epiphany #expressed #flying #i #interest

I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would be an ideal location for a pilot project. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#been #between #i #ideal #location

When I fly in a helicopter, I insist there be two sets of controls, one for me in case something happens to the pilot. I'm no expert, but I know enough to at least get the thing on the ground. Nothing scares me like the thought of not being in control. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#case #control #controls #enough #expert

My husband was a pilot. He flew Elvis when Elvis first started making appearances around the country. ↗

— Minnie Pearl

#around #country #elvis #first #flew

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. ↗

— Sonny Perdue

#being #different #different perspective #freedom #get

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone. ↗

— Philippe Perrin

#gulf #gulf war #i #involved #no-fly

I never made a career decision based solely on my desire to be an astronaut. I attended the Naval Academy because I wanted to be a Navy pilot. I majored in math because math had always come pretty easily to me and I liked it. ↗

— John L. Phillips

#always #astronaut #attended #based #because

Well, it's difficult to fall in love with a character when you just read the pilot. You don't really know who the character is. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#difficult #fall #just #know #love

The truth is, I've been going pretty much nuts all year. I constantly have to fight being scattered. I feel like I'm on automatic pilot from fatigue. The hardest thing is trying to be present, living for the moment, for everybody in the family. ↗

— Patricia Richardson

#been #being #constantly #everybody #family

On a standard space shuttle crew, two of the astronauts have a test pilot background - the commander and the pilot. ↗

— Sally Ride

#background #commander #crew #pilot #shuttle