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This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about.

Rocket engines generally are simpler than jet engines, not more complicated.

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.

A private jet is not a luxury; it is a necessity.

Relying exclusively on air power has limits: planes are effective against fixed strategic targets, like petroleum storage, bridges, and command bunkers; but even then, air power rarely succeeds by itself in destroying a regime's ability to command and control its forces.

We are so reliant on power and technology for everything.

Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.

We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters.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.

The Lockheed Skunk Works, led by Kelly Johnson, was responsible for its Advanced Development Projects - everything from the P-80, the first U.S. jet fighter plane, to the U-2 and A-12 spy planes.