An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
ADOLF GALLANDI was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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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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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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