Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
ADOLF GALLANDToday it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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.
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Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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