Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
ADOLF GALLANDAccompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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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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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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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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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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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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“He who wants to protect everything, protects nothing,” is one of the fundamental rules of defense.
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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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