"Pyotr Nesterov: Aviation Innovator & First Air-to-Air" Topic
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| Tango01 | 13 May 2020 9:09 p.m. PST |
…Combat Victor "In our article on 1 May 2020, "The Birth of the Air War," contributor Jon Guttman made reference to an 8 September 1914 air attack mounted by aviation pioneer Pyotr Nesterov (1987—1914). Another of our contributors, Steve Miller, has informed us that the story behind the encounter is fascinating and that his brief career as as an aviation innovator is worthy of further discussion. Nesterov graduated as a military pilot in 1912 and was assigned to a detachment at Kiev. He soon gained fame as the first pilot to fly a loop in his Nieuport IV monoplane. He was disciplined for his dangerous maneuver but gained international fame for it, nevertheless. Throughout his brief flying career Nesterov was a tireless student of the new science. He worked out new methods flying higher, safer, and at night. He suggested using aircraft for bombing and for ramming enemy airplanes…"
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