It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
ADOLF GALLANDFlying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
-
-
To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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
ADOLF GALLAND -
The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
ADOLF GALLAND -
“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
ADOLF GALLAND -
The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
ADOLF GALLAND -
The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
ADOLF GALLAND -
And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
ADOLF GALLAND -
And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
ADOLF GALLAND -
It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
ADOLF GALLAND -
This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
ADOLF GALLAND -
We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
ADOLF GALLAND -
Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
ADOLF GALLAND -
An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
ADOLF GALLAND -
No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
ADOLF GALLAND -
Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
ADOLF GALLAND -
Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
ADOLF GALLAND -
As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
ADOLF GALLAND -
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLAND