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.
ADOLF GALLANDYou could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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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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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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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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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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