We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLANDAnd most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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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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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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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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