Flying is more than a sport and more than a job
ADOLF GALLANDFlying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
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Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of ’42, in Russia.
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For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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Today it is even more important to dominate the . . . highly sophisticated weapon systems
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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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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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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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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft, but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters
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