"The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish."
— Baron Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. the Red Baron
"The quality of the crate matters little. What matters is the quality of the man inside it."
— Baron Manfred von Richthofen
"Hey brother, if it's got wings, I can fly it."
— "Howling Mad" Murdock, The A-Team
"Did you know? There are three kinds of aces. Those who seek strength, those who live for pride, and those who can read the tide of battle."
— Solo Wing Pixy, Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War
"There are pilots like you in every generation. And I've felled every last one of them."
— Mihaly, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
"In the early days. But we Apostles are war-weary. When I said we are immune to the touch of death, I meant we just don't feel its bite any more. No sense of grief, no loss, no regret, no sadness. Just an inevitability. When an Apostle dies, we put on our dress white and our ridiculous numbers of medals, and we get filthy drunk. We rage, we sing, we drink some more. We do it to show fate, or fortune, or whatever else lurks out there in the dark, that we don't care
[Voice drops slightly] We're freaks, Jagdea. Do you know why we're Apostles? Not because we're especially fine pilots. Not at all. We're Apostles because we've had unnatural luck. We should have died long ago, but there's been some oversight and our souls have not been claimed. So we go on flying, and killing. And eventually, the oversight is corrected."
— Seekan, Ace of Aces, Double Eagle
Kei Katsuragi: If I'm up against the boy ace, I'd better step up my game!
Kamille Bidan: I didn't realize it until I had to fight him... he's really strong!
Kei: Glad you understand! I'll be even gladder if you back off!
Kamille: I can't do that! We can't let you go on like this!
Kei: Looks like I've gotta teach my wayward young friend a harsh lesson!
Kamille Bidan: I didn't realize it until I had to fight him... he's really strong!
Kei: Glad you understand! I'll be even gladder if you back off!
Kamille: I can't do that! We can't let you go on like this!
Kei: Looks like I've gotta teach my wayward young friend a harsh lesson!
"She's a beauty, ain't she? All this time, she ain't never let me down. I just hope she's around when he's old enough to fly. Who? My boy. I mean, I hope it's a boy. (climbs onto his plane, labelled "Rye And Sons") I just want him to fly her like I do. Not like my dad or my grandpa. They flew in the war so I didn't have to. But now I don't know if he'll ever get the chance. Not with those fuckers around here. People are scared, man. I may never have gone to war, but if them fuckin' Peggies come after my family... (mounts a Gatling gun onto his plane) I sure as hell will give 'em one."
"You want me as your pilot. I'm not good. I'm not even great. I'm the best damn helmsman in the Alliance fleet! Top of my class in flight school? I earned that. All those commendations in my file? I earned every single one. Those weren't given to me as charity for my disease."
— Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Mass Effect
"Stark is the best civilian pilot I've ever seen. He's mad enough to brave this airspace, we're lucky to have him."
—Peggy Carter on Howard Stark, Captain America: The First Avenger
"If they could get a washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it."
—Blanche Lovell, Apollo 13
"Bush pilot Layla Mabray was inspired by Ellen Paneok to fly planes. Layla has been serving her surrounding communities for ten years. She can land on skis, floats, or wheels, depending on the season."
—Molly Mabray reading a book she wrote about her mom, Molly of Denali, "Big Dreams and Blue Skies"
