C. R. Smith Born : September 9, 1899 Died : April 4, 1990 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by C. R. Smith The future of the airlines lay in hauling people, not in hauling mail for the government. C. R. Smith mail government people We're going to make the best impression on the traveling public, and we're going to make a pile of extra dough just from being first. C. R. Smith dough aviation firsts A problem is something you have hopes of changing. Anything else is a fact of life. C. R. Smith facts-of-life problem facts These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell. C. R. Smith airline-business aviation making-money It was the first airplane . . . that could make money just by hauling passengers. C. R. Smith aviation airplane firsts
