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[-] [email protected] 113 points 2 days ago

They had pistols though. The first aerial combat engagements were fought with pistols.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/first-aerial-combat-victory-180952933/

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

That does make a lot more sense than my brainfart of plane jousting...

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Well, actually...

On September 7 [1914], Russian Pyotr Nesterov was the first pilot to destroy an enemy airplane, but he did it by ramming his Morane into an Austrian Albatros. Both air crews died as a result.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

So the first kill was a type of Kamikaze? Surprisingly unchivalrous for what I’ve read about early military aviation.

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