The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to History Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHey...imagemessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down16
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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThat does make a lot more sense than my brainfart of plane jousting…
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoWell, 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.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoSo the first kill was a type of Kamikaze? Surprisingly unchivalrous for what I’ve read about early military aviation.
That does make a lot more sense than my brainfart of plane jousting…
Well, actually…
So the first kill was a type of Kamikaze? Surprisingly unchivalrous for what I’ve read about early military aviation.