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 GallandAbout author
- Author's profession: Soldier
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: March 19, 1912
- Died: February 9, 1996
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