Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLANDWe have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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