Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLANDThe battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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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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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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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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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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 would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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