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| Kaoschallenged | 09 Nov 2013 3:16 p.m. PST |
Bullets Between the Blades
By Dik A. Daso
"The fixed, forward-firing aerial machine gun marked the start of true air-to-air combat. For virtually all of human history, the species has been land-bound, genetically coded to think and act with feet planted firmly on solid ground. Then, in December 1903, two bicycle-makers from Ohio expanded the human paradigm for all time when they left the Earth and entered the vertical dimension. Yet initially, even Orville and Wilbur Wright remained unidirectional in their thinking—and flying. The earliest Wright aircraft flew only straight ahead. It was not until the fall of 1904 that the first aerial turns were routinely attempted. During the first decade of manned and powered flight—although it was possible to maneuver in a three-dimensional sky—actually engaging and destroying another maneuvering aircraft in the air remained nearly impossible for pilots and gunners."
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