For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
ADOLF GALLANDThis was my impression.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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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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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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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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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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