I Realized That The Future Of Aviation,

If I Were Entering Adulthood Now Instead Of In The Environment Of Fifty Years Ago, I Would Choose A Career That Kept Me In Touch With Nature More Than Science. ... Too Few Natural Areas Remain; Both By Intent And By Indifference We Have Insulated Ourselves From The Wilderness That Produced Us.

Real Freedom Lies In Wildness, Not In Civilization.

My Father Had Been Opposed To My Flying From The First And Had Never Flown Himself. However, He Had Agreed To Go Up With Me At The First Opportunity, And One Afternoon He Climbed Into The Cockpit And We Flew Over The Redwood Falls Together. From That Day On I Never Heard A Word Against My Flying And He Never Missed A Chance To Ride In The Plane.

It Is Always Easier To Deal In Truth And Honesty And Follow These To Their Legitimate Ends, Than It Is To Construct And Adjust A False Superstructure Upon A False Base.

At The End Of The First Half-century Of Engine-driven Flight, We Are Confronted With The Stark Fact That The Historical Significance Of Aircraft Has Been Primarily Military And Destructive.