Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.

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. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.

Superior technical achievements - used correctly both strategically and tactically - can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.

Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart, will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.

It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.

Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems, perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.