Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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
-
-
Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
ADOLF GALLAND -
It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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 this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
ADOLF GALLAND -
As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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 -
Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
ADOLF GALLAND -
You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
ADOLF GALLAND -
I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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 -
I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
ADOLF GALLAND -
This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
ADOLF GALLAND -
Never abandon the possibility of attack.
ADOLF GALLAND