Courage Is About Doing What You're Afraid

The Experienced Fighting Pilot Does Not Take Unnecessary Risks. His Business In To Shoot Down Enemy Planes, Not To Get Shot Down. His Trained Hand And Eye And Judgment Are As Much A Part Of His Armament As His Machinegun, And A Fiftyfifty Chance Is The Worst He Will Take Or Should Take Except Where The Show Is Of The Kind That . . . Justifies The Sacrifice Of Plane Or Pilot.

Within The Next Few Decades, Autos Will Have Folding Wings That Can Be Spread When On A Straight Stretch Of Road So That The Machine Can Take To The Air.

Aviation Is Proof That Given, The Will, We Have The Capacity To Achieve The Impossible.

Major Richard Bong Was An Example Of The Tragic And Terrible Price We Must Pay To Maintain Principles Of Human Rights, Of Greater Value Than Life Itself. This Gallant Air Force Hero Will Be Remembered Because He Made His Final Contribution To Aviation In The Dangerous Role Of Test Pilot Of An Untried Experimental Plane, A Deed That Places Him Among The Stout-hearted Pioneers Who Gave Their Lives In The Conquest Of Sky And Space.

Courage Is Doing What You Are Afraid To Do. There Can Be No Courage Unless You Are Scared.