Anytime I get to help the firefighters, I will. I'm real lucky to be in a position to help.
According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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.
We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.
We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation.
People come to me and they're like, 'You're hand picking fighters.' I don't pick my fights.
A lot of fighters have repetitive workouts.
There are a lot of great fighters in this sport, but they just don't bring what I bring to the table.
