You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
ADOLF GALLANDIf we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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Many 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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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