Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt started flying on a special presidential airplane many presidents have been quoted on their opinions of flying.

Match the following quotes to the correct president.

____1. "Now, you fellows know I work as hard on this airplane as I do in the White House--maybe harder."

____2. "I thought 'Peanut One' was fixed up pretty nicely until I saw this."

____3. "So the reporters are calling it the 'Sacred Cow,' eh? Suits me."

____4. "I settled back in my compartment with the Secretary of State and underwent an exhilarating experience--my first jet flight!"

____5. "When they fly you on Air Force One, you know you're the president."

____6. "I'm safer up here than on those icy Kansas City streets."

____7. "This great plane that took use to China, to Russia . . . this great Spirit of '76 has got to be remembered."

____8. "It's magnificent! I'll take it."

a. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945
b. Harry Truman, 1946
c. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
d. John F. Kennedy, 1962
e. Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
f. Richard M. Nixon, 1974
g. Gerald R. Ford, 1974
h. Jimmy Carter, 1976

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