No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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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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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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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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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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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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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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