I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat.
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Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.Adolf Galland
The Messerschmitt 262 is a good example that you can be successful with superior performance. But I think this was a unique situation.
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The throttles could only move very, very slowly, always watching the temperature, always watching. And even in throttling back, you could bust it, even being very careful.
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The whole concept was bad. But in this desperate situation, when somebody had a revolutionary idea, then he could really send it through.
Adolf Galland
Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia.
Adolf Galland
In the last months we got pilots who had fifty hours total flying time, including five hours of the operational aircraft. It's not very much.
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