We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
ADOLF GALLANDThat day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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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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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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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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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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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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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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