This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
ADOLF GALLANDThe war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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This was my impression.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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