Who originally came up with the joke about helicopters beating the air into submission?

The other day, I was at an airshow at Luke AFB and there was a CV-22 Osprey on display, and the pilot was talking about helicopters and how much more difficult they are to fly than regular planes. I remembered the signature someone uses on his posts here ("Helicopters don't fly; they beat the air into submission") and just as I was about to mention it, the Osprey pilot said essentially the same thing! So I wonder: Who originally came up with that line? Maybe the person whose signature that is (sorry I can't remember who; it's too close to bedtime!) can tell us. Thank you in advance.