We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLANDMany 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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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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