Thursday's Child Quotes

“We needed a bit of luck.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“There was no escape from it once we got sucked in. We tried all sorts of maneuvering but still it shot us in a southerly direction and we couldn't get out of it.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“The situation is that the higher you go, the more fuel is used. So usually you trade speed for fuel. We are not that concerned at the moment, but we are just driving it very hard. It is a very dangerous place and we are not taking any chances.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“If they went down right now, the nearest ship is four days steaming away, and that's not good.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“We just got word that Virgin Airlines (which Branson owns) was awarded a commercial route into Shanghai. So the balloon must be doing some good.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“We were beset with all sorts of problems that were all political. But in the end it was the weather that brought us down. It's a very, very difficult thing to circumnavigate the globe. Otherwise someone else would have done it by now.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story

“We want to fly over the top of this depression before it deepens and sucks us in.”
― Mike Kendrick, Thursday's Child: The Mike Kendrick Story