This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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