Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
ADOLF GALLANDWhen I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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.
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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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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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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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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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This was my impression.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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Perhaps even more important than being a good pilot; to make the best use of this system.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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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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