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Len Morgan


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I came to admire this machine which could lift virtually any load strapped to its back and carry it anywhere in any weather, safely and dependably. The C-47 groaned, it protested, it rattled, it leaked oil, it ran hot, it ran cold, it ran rough, it staggered along on hot days and scared you half to death, its wings flexed and twisted in a horrifying manner, it sank back to earth with a great sigh of relief — but it flew and it flew and it flew.

Len Morgan

The C-47 was the U.S. military designation for the DC-3. Quoted in the 1965 book The DC-3; the story of a fabulous airplane

The way I see it, you can either work for a living or you can fly airplanes. Me, I’d rather fly.

Len Morgan

Airline captain and long-time Flying magazine columnist. He said this line many times.

A good pilot may be disappointed by his airplane, but it will never surprise him.

Len Morgan

Rules To Fly By, Flying magazine, March 1983.

The sharpest captains are the easiest to work with.

Len Morgan

Rules To Fly By, Flying magazine, March 1983.

Watching the Dallas Cowboys perform, it is not difficult to believe that coach Tom Landry flew four-engines bombers during World War II. He was in B-17 Flying Fortresses out of England, they say. His cautious, conservative approach to every situation and the complexity of the plays he sends in do seem to reflect the philosophy of a pilot trained to doggedly press on according to plans laid down before takeoff. I sometimes wonder how the Cowboys would have fared all this years had Tom flown fighters in combat situations which dictated continuously changing tactics.

Len Morgan

View from the Cockpit, 1985.

Flexible is much too rigid, in flying you have to be fluid.

Attributed to Verne Jobst

Who was the most senior pilot at United Airlines, president of the International Aerobatics Club of America, and director of all flight operations at EAA Oshkosh. Listed by Len Morgan in Quips and Quotes, Flying magazine, September 1996. .


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