The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.
ADOLF GALLANDOnly in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy.
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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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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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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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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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Never abandon the possibility of attack.
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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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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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If we would have had the 262 at our disposal – even with all the delays
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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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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If we could have had in ’44, ah, let’s say three hundred operational
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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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This aircraft didn’t have any priority in design or production.
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No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.
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And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.
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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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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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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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I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May ‘43.
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