Top 21 Quotes by David Mackay

About David Mackay

These are some quotes by Scottish author David Mackay Aviator, who was born in 1957.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled.

David Mackay

I can still remember them wheeling the black and white TV sets into our classroom at school so we could watch the men landing on the Moon, and that obviously had a huge impact. I later found out those people flying Apollo were ex-military test pilots, so I decided to join the Air Force and become a test pilot.

David Mackay

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

David Mackay

I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.

I would say if you do have ambitions, don't just wait around. Go out and make yourself as well-qualified as possible so you can take that rare opportunity when it comes along.

David Mackay

I've always hankered after going into space and walking on the moon and Mars. I did want to be an astronaut, and had there been a manned space flight programme in the U.K., I would have been knocking on the door.

David Mackay

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane.

I do have a bit of a fear of heights. But I don't get scared of heights when I am flying a plane.

David Mackay

We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.

We go up just into space - space is most commonly accepted to be 100 kilometres above the earth's surface, and we go up just beyond that to about 350,000 ft.

David Mackay

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

I cannot wait to get up there and experience space travel for the first time. It will be a dream come true.

David Mackay

Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

Not long after I got my test pilot qualification, I realised there was no manned space flight programme in the U.K., and there was unlikely to be one.

David Mackay

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.

In any aircraft you fly, you always think about what can go wrong, and you plan for it in advance. You always have back-up plans.

David Mackay

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