Jacqueline Cochran

“I might have been born in a hovel, but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars.”

“To live in the past is to die in the present.”

“Aviation, this young modern giant, exemplifies the possible relationship of women and the creations of science.”

“If you have the desire, you can do anything.”

“I was not afraid of the dark. I was not afraid of the anything. I was not afraid of the life. I was not afraid of the death.”

“I learned to fly in three weeks.”

“You have to go out and meet people, and you have to be willing to take a chance.”

“The airplane is a great equalizer.”

“I wanted to be a pilot, and I was going to be one.”

“I have no sense of fear.”

“The sky is the limit only for those who are not afraid to fly.”

“Flying is the best possible thing for women.”