The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
ADOLF GALLANDMany 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.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
-
-
Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
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 -
Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLAND -
If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
ADOLF GALLAND -
Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
ADOLF GALLAND -
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.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
ADOLF GALLAND -
As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
ADOLF GALLAND -
Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
ADOLF GALLAND -
This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
ADOLF GALLAND -
If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
ADOLF GALLAND -
To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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