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Aircraft Pilot Inspirational Quotes (4819)

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Because of its independence of surface limitations and its superior speed the airplane is the offensive weapon par excellence.
Giulio Douhet
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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.
Adolf Galland
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The colossus of World War II seemed to be like a pyramid turned upside down, and for the moment the whole burden of the war rested on the few hundred German fighter pilots on the Channel coast.
Adolf Galland
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The German Luftwaffe always fought without any reserves. This is also the reason why we have pilots with extremely high numbers of victories.
Adolf Galland
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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. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.
Adolf Galland
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When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm, I was to give proof that this jet was a superior fighter. And that's when we did it. I think we did it.
Adolf Galland
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According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite.
Adolf Galland
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As a fighter pilot I know from my own experiences how decisive surprise and luck can be for success, which in the long run comes only to the one who combines daring with cool thinking.
Adolf Galland
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It is true to say that the first kill can influence the whole future career of a fighter pilot. Many to whom the first victory over the opponent has been long denied either by unfortunate circumstances or by bad luck can suffer from frustration or develop complexes they may never rid themselves of again.
Adolf Galland
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The first rule of all air combat is to see the opponent first. Like the hunter who stalks his prey and maneuvers himself unnoticed into the most favourable position for the kill, 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.
Adolf Galland
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During the Battle of Britain the question fighter or fighter-bomber? had been decided once and for all: The fighter can only be used as a bomb carrier with lasting effect when sufficient air superiority has been won.
Adolf Galland
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Flying is more than a sport and more than a job flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.
Adolf Galland
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It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance.
Adolf Galland
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I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.
John McCain
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All you can do is every day, try to solve a problem and make your company better
Larry Ellison
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Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world.
Richard E. Byrd
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Tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, hippie, tie-dyed liberals [in Hollywood should]... go make their movies and their music and whine somewhere else.... It's just too damn bad we didn't buy them a ticket [to become human shields in Iraq].
Jim Gibbons
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I want you to know I'm an Army brat I was a captain in the Army and my brother was a jet pilot in the Navy. So I support our troops I identify with them. But I sure as hell don't identify with the bastards who sent them over there.
Kris Kristofferson
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A huge parasite in the marketplace, feeding and fattening itself off of local television stations and copyright owners of copyrighted material. We do not like it because we think it wrong and unfair.
Jack Valenti
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I hope I stand for antibigotry, anti-Semitism, antiracism. This is what drives me.
George H. W. Bush
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When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?
Frank Borman
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The path of a cosmonaut is not an easy, triumphant march to glory. You have to get to know the meaning not just of joy but also of grief, before being allowed in the spacecraft cabin.
Yuri Gagarin
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Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for co-operation.
Yuri Gagarin
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If all those people are getting wet to welcome me, surely the least I can do is get wet too!
Yuri Gagarin
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