For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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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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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Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances
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I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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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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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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During the Battle of Britain the question “fighter or fighter-bomber?” had been decided once and for all
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in ‘42 – even in my position.
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