Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate 

Aeronautics Cryptograms

Below are five aviation related quotes that have been encoded. Each letter in a quote has been 

replaced with a different letter in the alphabet. To decode the quote, you need to determine 

which letters should be in the quote. A hint has been given for each quote and each quote is a 

separate puzzle.

1. “ESHV TVLH ZTB SRAH XRKXHC MUNYSX, ZTB ENUU MTJHAHJ ERUF XSH HRJXS 

ENXS ZTBJ HZHK XBJVHC KFZERJC, MTJ XSHJH ZTB SRAH OHHV, RVC XSHJH ZTB 

ENUU RUERZK UTVY XT JHXBJV.” – UHTVRJCT CRANVLN (Hint: J = R)

2. UDM FAYODU SARUDMAZ EAMLUMT UDM ZYWONM OAMLUMZU EPNUPALN 

IRAEM ZYWEM UDM YWCMWUYRW RI FAYUYWO. UDM LYAJNLWM SMELHM 

UDM IYAZU FRANT FYTM FMS, SAYWOYWO JMRJNM, NLWOPLOMZ, YTMLZ, LWT 

CLNPMZ UROMUDMA. – SYNN OLUMZ (Hint: N = L)

3. "VMHP MJ DV QBXP OZPBK ZDFCBGV BSZPBEG YDUSK JMZ DV. UJ GMD QBXP 

MFP, KBWP MJJ! YDK UJ GMD EMF’K QBXP MFP, ZPBSUAP UK UV GMDZ 

ZPVNMFVUYUSUKG KM OZBY B VQMXPS BFE YDUSE MFP JMZ GMDZVPSJ BFE 

JMZ KQMVP CQM CUSS JMSSMC BJKPZ GMD." – BHPSUB PBZQBZK (Hint: Y = B)

4. “KNBE BWBIJVNMEX ZBBRZ VL YB QXQMEZV JLA, IBRBRYBI VNQV QE 

QMIDPQEB VQOBZ LTT QXQMEZV VNB KMEG, ELV KMVN MV.” — NBEIJ TLIG 

(Hint: O = K)

5. "PXDPQL EOQ ER GAAF EUA HTJCAO RK XPHNVHML QRT JPGA ABTPX ER EUA 

HTJCAO RK EPGARKKL." – PHRHQJRTL (Hint: F = P)
Answer Key
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate 

Aeronautics Cryptograms 

1. “ESHV TVLH ZTB SRAH XRKXHC MUNYSX, ZTB ENUU MTJHAHJ ERUF XSH HRJXS 

ENXS ZTBJ HZHK XBJVHC KFZERJC, MTJ XSHJH ZTB SRAH OHHV, RVC XSHJH ZTB 

ENUU RUERZK UTVY XT JHXBJV.” – UHTVRJCT CRANVLN

“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, 

for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”

– Leonardo DaVinci

2. UDM FAYODU SARUDMAZ EAMLUMT UDM ZYWONM OAMLUMZU EPNUPALN 

IRAEM ZYWEM UDM YWCMWUYRW RI FAYUYWO. UDM LYAJNLWM SMELHM 

UDM IYAZU FRANT FYTM FMS, SAYWOYWO JMRJNM, NLWOPLOMZ, YTMLZ, LWT 

CLNPMZ UROMUDMA. - SYNN OLUMZ 

The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The 

airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together. 

- Bill Gates

3. "VMHP MJ DV QBXP OZPBK ZDFCBGV BSZPBEG YDUSK JMZ DV. UJ GMD QBXP MFP, 

KBWP MJJ! YDK UJ GMD EMF’K QBXP MFP, ZPBSUAP UK UV GMDZ 

ZPVNMFVUYUSUKG KM OZBY B VQMXPS BFE YDUSE MFP JMZ GMDZVPSJ BFE JMZ 

KQMVP CQM CUSS JMSSMC BJKPZ GMD." - BHPSUB PBZQBZK

"Some of us have great runways already built for us. If you have one, take off! But if you don’t 

have one, realize it is your responsibility to grab a shovel and build one for yourself and for those 

who will follow after you." - Amelia Earhart

4. “KNBE BWBIJVNMEX ZBBRZ VL YB QXQMEZV JLA, IBRBRYBI VNQV QE QMIDPQEB 

VQOBZ LTT QXQMEZV VNB KMEG, ELV KMVN MV.” — NBEIJ TLIG

“When everything seems to be against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind, 

not with it.” — Henry Ford

5. "PXDPQL EOQ ER GAAF EUA HTJCAO RK XPHNVHML QRT JPGA ABTPX ER EUA 

HTJCAO RK EPGARKKL." – PHRHQJRTL

"Always try to keep the number of landings you make equal to the number of takeoffs." -

Anonymous