We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
ADOLF GALLANDAccompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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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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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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Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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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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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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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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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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