Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability.
ADOLF GALLANDNine g’s is good, if the pilot can stand it.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
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Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy’s plans.
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Superior technical achievements – used correctly both strategically and tactically
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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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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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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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Only in the spirit of attack, born in a brave heart,
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Will bring success to any fighter aircraft, no matter how highly developed it may be.
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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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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At this time, the aircraft was completely secret.
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It’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
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