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Stephen Coonts


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It’s the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

Stephen Coonts

Flight of the Intruder, 1986.

I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon the banking, wheeling wings, I am completely, vibrantly alive. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.

Stephen Coonts

FLY! A Colorado Sunrise, A Stearman, and A Vision, AOPA magazine, 1994.

Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground. This separation from the earth is more than symbolic, more than a physical removal-it has an emotional dimension as tangible as the wood, fabric, and steel that has transported you aloft.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen, 1992.

The Cannibal Queen

Flying is like sex — I’ve never had all I wanted but occasionally I’ve had all I could stand.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen, 1992.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen 1992.

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen: A Flight Into the Heart of America, 1992.

Airplanes are like women — pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen: A Flight into the Heart of America, 1992.

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

Stephen Coonts

The Cannibal Queen: An Aerial Odyssey Across America, 1993.

The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

Stephen Coonts

The Intruders, 1994.

This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it’s your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it’s how well you know and understand your airplane and your own limitations. Luck is the sum total of your of abilities as an aviator. If you think your luck is running low, you’d better get busy and make some more. Work harder, Pay more attention. Study your NATOPS more. Do better preflights.

Stephen Coonts

The Intruders, 1994. NATOPS is the Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization program, the detailed operating manuals used by the U.S. Navy.

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