To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.
ADOLF GALLANDIt’s unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
More Adolf Galland Quotes
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Later when asked what it felt like, I said, “It felt as though angels were pushing”.
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Can beat any quantity numerically many times stronger yet technically inferior.
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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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Which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
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An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side.
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down
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This often results in improving one’s own position.
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Accompanied by a whistling sound, my jet shot through the air.
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That day we could have stopped the American daytime bombing offensive, that’s for sure.
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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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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first.
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Flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
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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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I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter.
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