No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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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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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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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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 fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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