Ross Macpherson Smith Born : December 4, 1892 Died : April 13, 1922 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Ross Macpherson Smith The aeroplane is the nearest thing to animate life that man has created. In the air a machine ceases indeed to be a mere piece of mechanism; it becomes animate and is capable not only of primary guidance and control, but actually of expressing a pilot's temperament. Ross Macpherson Smith pilots air men