[Ads-l] old, not bold

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Interesting saying, JL.

[Begin excerpt from Barry Popik's website]
"There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old,
bold pilots” is an old aviation adage. Harry Copland (1896-1976), who
first flew in an airplane in 1911, made the saying famous. The Boston
(MA) Herald briefly profiled Copland on June 10, 1934:

“Given to sage remarks, Copland’s statement, ‘There are old pilots and
there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots,’ has become
famous throughout the land.”
[End excerpt from Barry Popik's website]

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/there_are_old_pilots_and_bold_pilots_but_there_are_no_old_bold_pilots/
On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 8:32 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> According to the current film _A Private War_, “There are old journalists,
> and there are bold journalists, but there are no old, bold journalists.”
>
> 1943 Kendall Banning _Our Army Today_ (N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls) 152: "There
> are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold
> pilots."

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