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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.

— Adolf Galland

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.

— Anthony Bourdain

Most pilots learn, when they pin on their wings and go out and get in a fighter, especially, that one thing you don't do, you don't believe anything anybody tells you about an airplane.

— Chuck Yeager

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.

— Eddie Rickenbacker

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone.

— Philippe Perrin

I should imagine that the conditions in the cockpit are totally unimaginable.

— Murray Walker

Pilots are not the threat.

— John Pistole

If I had the uniform on, you didn't doubt for a moment I was a pilot. No one ever blinked an eye if I tried to cash a cheque wearing that uniform.

— Frank Abagnale

Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare for my book about 'Rin Tin Tin,' and I've read many accounts of their heroics: carrying messages through battle, alerting troops to enemy planes, and even parachuting behind enemy lines.

— Susan Orlean

People resisted having weapons on airplanes, but I oversaw the federal air marshals. It's a deterrent. No one sees that weapon, but they are protected on that airplane, and it's a huge positive impact on safety.

— Asa Hutchinson

✗Opposing Perspectives

Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in.

— Buzz Aldrin