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 GALLANDPerhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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This was my impression.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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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 had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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Tie 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
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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