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"...De toewijding en betrokkenheid van het vliegend en technisch personeel is uniek en zeer waardevol. Alleen zij beheersen de specifieke vakkennis welk benodigd is om de vloot vliegende te houden..."

A. Schnitger, Luitenant-General

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More than anything else, the sensation of flying is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost — if you can conceive of such a combination.

Wilbur Wright

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The art of flying and I have grown up together. I was constructing aircraft even before I had seen one fly; that was in 1910. I only started to construct aeroplanes because there seemed to be no one designing exactly the machine I wanted. Without the help of others I learned to fly it. But I never became a hero.

Anton Fokker

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It is as though horror has frozen the blood in my veins, paralyzed my arms, and torn all thought from my brain with the swipe of a paw. I sit there, flying on, and continue to stare, as though mesmerised, at the Caudron on my left

Ernst Udet My life as aviator (1935)