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Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
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“We want the mathematical genius - there is work for him. We want the literary genius - there is work for him, especially in my office. We want the scientific brain - there is more than enough work for him. We want the man of brains and we want the man of common sense and little brain. We want the man of initiative and the man of action, the methodical man and even the crank. We open our ranks widely to all.”
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the Cambridge University Aeronautical Society, April 1925 in Trenchard, Man of Vision (1962) p. 519
“The development of air power in its broadest sense, and including the development of all means of combating missiles that travel through the air, whether fired or dropped, is the first essential to our survival in war.”
Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873–1956) first seen 1946 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Given by Trenchard in 1946. As listed on Great Aviation Quotes