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The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.
-Eddie Rickenbacker
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The Smallest Amount Of Vanity Is Fatal

Eddie Rickenbacker
The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.
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And i have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be spoiled either by his successes or by the generous congratulations of his comrades. if he were capable of being spoiled he would not have had the character to have won continuous victories, for the smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. self-distrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.
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