Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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
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The fighter in the opening of a dogfight must detect the opponent as early as possible in order to attain a superior position for the attack.
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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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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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