Fighting In The Air Is Not Sport.

Let The Moment Come When Nothing Is Left But Life, And You Will Find That You Do Not Hesitate Over The Fate Of Material Possessions.

I Believe That If You Think About Disaster, You Will Get It. Brood About Death And You Will Hasten Your Demise. Think Positively And Masterfully With Confidence And Faith, And Life Becomes More Secure, More Fraught With Action, Richer In Achievement And Experience. This Is The Sure Way To Win Victories Over Inner Defeat. It Is The Way A Humble Person Meets Life Or Death.

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.

And I Have Yet To Find One Single Individual Who Has Attained Conspicuous Success In Bringing Down Enemy Aeroplanes Who Can Be Said To Be Spoiled Either By His Successes Or By The Generous Congratulations Of His Comrades. If He Were Capable Of Being Spoiled He Would Not Have Had The Character To Have Won Continuous Victories, For The Smallest Amount Of Vanity Is Fatal In Aeroplane Fighting. Self-distrust Rather Is The Quality To Which Many A Pilot Owes His Protracted Existence.

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.