The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDAt this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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This was my impression.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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