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I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down.
Oswald Boelcke
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Ignorance is the curse of God knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.
William Shakespeare
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Air power may either end war or end civilization.
Winston Churchill
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I must place on record my regret that the human race ever learned to fly.
Winston Churchill
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Winston Churchill
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Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late and a man may still wonder once in a while and ask: how is it that I, poor earth-habitituated animal, can fly?
Wolfgang Langewiesche
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Get rid at the outset of the idea that the airplane is only an air-going sort of automobile. It isn't. It may sound like one and smell like one, and it may have been interior decorated to look like one but the difference is - it goes on wings.
Wolfgang Langewiesche
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Aesop
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Go in quickly - Punch Hard - Get out!
Adolph Malan
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INITIATIVE, AGGRESSION, AIR DISCIPLINE, and TEAM WORK are words that MEAN something in Air Fighting.
Adolph Malan
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When diving to attack always leave a proportion of your formation above to act as top guard.
Adolph Malan
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Make your decisions promptly. It is better to act quickly even though your tactics are not the best.
Adolph Malan
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Whilst shooting think of nothing else brace the whole of the body have both hands on the stick concentrate on your ring sight.
Adolph Malan
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Fire short bursts of 1 to 2 seconds and only when your sights are definitely 'ON.'
Adolph Malan
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Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.
Giulio Douhet
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The conviction of the justification of using even the most brutal weapons is always dependent on the presence of a fanatical belief in the necessity of the victory of a revolutionary new order on this globe.
Adolf Hitler
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
Adolf Galland
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
Adolf Galland
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, 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.
Adolf Galland
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During the Battle of Britain the question fighter or fighter-bomber? had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
Adolf Galland
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
Adolf Galland
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It's hard to replace the gray matter that is inherent in every human being. No computer can do it quite that well yet.
John P. Jumper
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Nothing will stop us. The road to the stars is steep and dangerous. But we're not afraid . . . Space flights can't be stopped. This isn't the work of one man or even a group of men. It is a historical process which mankind is carrying out in accordance with the natural laws of human development.
Yuri Gagarin
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The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable.
Ferdinand Foch
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