Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
ADOLF GALLANDWhich in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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As interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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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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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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This was my impression.
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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