We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLANDI first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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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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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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