Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by William T. Piper

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman William T. Piper.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
William T. Piper

William Thomas Piper Sr. was an American airplane manufacturer, aviation businessman, oil industry businessman, and engineer. He was the founding president of the Piper Aircraft Corporation and led the company from 1929 until his death in 1970. He graduated from Harvard University in 1903 and later became known as "the Henry Ford of aviation".

A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on. — © William T. Piper
A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on.
Once you have learned to fly your plane, it is far less fatiguing to fly than it is to drive a car. You don't have to watch every second for cats, dogs, children, lights, road signs, ladies with baby carriages and citizens who drive out in the middle of the block against the lights. . . . Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven.
Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven.
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