Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
ADOLF GALLANDLater when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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This was my impression.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
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I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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