Nine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
ADOLF GALLANDWe couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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