Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
ADOLF GALLANDWe have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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This was my impression.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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