7 Quotes & Sayings By Eddie Rickenbacker

 Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1890, Eddie Rickenbacker was the last surviving member of the "flying circus", the original seven-man crew of the famed World War I fighter squadron the "Flying Circus", which scored more aerial victories than any other unit in history. He also remains the only American pilot in history to fly in every single major air battle in World War I. After his discharge in 1919, he became a successful airline executive and in 1925 he created Eastern Air Lines. He served as its chairman for fifty years, until his retirement in 1967 Read more

A year later, he founded Rickenbacker Aviation Museum at Columbus International Airport. He died on May 6th, 1974, at age 91.

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Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. Eddie Rickenbacker
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I believe that if you think about disaster you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith and life becomes more secure more fraught with action richer in achievement and experience. Eddie Rickenbacker
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Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith and life becomes more secure more fraught with action richer in achievement and experience. Eddie Rickenbacker
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The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing. Eddie Rickenbacker
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Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared. Eddie Rickenbacker
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When I look up and see the sun shining on the patch of white clouds up in the blue, I begin to think how it would feel to be up somewhere above it winging swiftly thought the clear air, watching the earth below, and the men on it, no bigger than ants. Eddie Rickenbacker