The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDThe fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
ADOLF GALLANDI was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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.
ADOLF GALLANDI 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 GALLANDAnd most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
ADOLF GALLANDAttack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
ADOLF GALLANDLike the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
ADOLF GALLANDToday it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
ADOLF GALLANDIf we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
ADOLF GALLANDOnly in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
ADOLF GALLANDLater when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
ADOLF GALLANDAggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.
ADOLF GALLANDTie 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 GALLANDWhen I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
ADOLF GALLANDOnly in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
ADOLF GALLANDThis was my impression.
ADOLF GALLAND