Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill
ADOLF GALLANDFlying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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And for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
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And that’s when we did it. I think we did it.
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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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Or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
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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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We couldn’t stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II.
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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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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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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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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot.
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