Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
ADOLF GALLANDTie 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
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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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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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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To use a fighter as a fighter-bomber when the strength of the fighter arm is inadequate to achieve air superiority is putting the cart before the horse.
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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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