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Fighter Pilot Quotes by Unknown Author
- Good flying never killed an enemy yet.
- To the aircraft I aim, not the man.
- I put my bullets into the target as if I placed them there by hand.
- Go in close, and when you think you are too close, go in closer.
- As long as I look into the muzzles, nothing can happen to me. Only if he pulls lead am I in danger.
- Aggressiveness was a fundamental to success in airtoair combat and if you ever caught a fighter pilot in a defensive mood you had him licked…
- If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again,…
- Beware the lessons of a fighter pilot who would rather fly a slide rule than kick your ass!
- The most important thing for a fighter pilot is to get his first victory without too much shock.
- Men were going to die in the air as they had for centuries on the ground and on the seas, by killing each other. The…
- The hunters are the ones who go out and kill. Maybe one out of ten good fighter pilots will be one of the hunters.
- Aerial gunnery is 90 percent instinct and 10 percent aim.
- A fighter without a gun...is like an airplane without a wing.
- I never went into the air thinking I would lose.
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