This was my impression.
ADOLF GALLANDOr by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves.
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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
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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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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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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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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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I made a written report which is still today in existence.
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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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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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