During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
ADOLF GALLANDI was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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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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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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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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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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