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Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: Eagler on September 18, 2006, 08:12:33 PM

Up to 1914: the early years of war .... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I#The_dawn_of_air_combat)

Imagine the early early planeset .. we can wave and salute one another while spotting for gv's then move up to dropping bricks and rope and then graduate to firing handguns and rifles at each other :)

Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: Damionte on September 18, 2006, 08:23:42 PM

The goofiest part about that is that, I mean it's a war. Before anyone thought ot take a revolver up with them, some guy had the idea...

"Hey.. I bet if I take up a sack of bricks.. yeah that'll teach em." Then he flew up there and started tossing bricks at the other planes.

Probably started in south central the same way. With a run by fruiting!

Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: EagleDNY on September 18, 2006, 08:39:40 PM

In my mind, Roland Garros was the man - here you go:
Mount a machine gun and let it shoot through the prop.  So I shoot my prop off now and then...  hey, we could mount some steel wedges on the prop so the bullets ricochet off!  Not too many should come straight back....

Necessity is the mother of invention.

EagleDNY

Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: bozon on September 19, 2006, 02:15:47 AM

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Originally posted by EagleDNY
So I shoot my prop off now and then...  hey, we could mount some steel wedges on the prop so the bullets ricochet off!  Not too many should come straight back....

I wouldn't like to fly formation with that guy while he's firing his guns...

Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: eilif on September 19, 2006, 02:33:30 AM

In the Richtofens skies beta you can cary a few bricks in the bleriot, and cary a shotgun that you can aim and shoot while you fly!  Its fun as heck to do a shotgun battle in an early crate, but i doubt its something HTC would put time into since its something only a few would really get a kick out of.  I think i have a screenshot around somewhere of me using the shotgun and the handgun, it takes for ever!

There are stories of pilots attaching chains to thair planes and using em to drag over the enemy, tho it often ended with both going down. :confused:

Title: The dawn of air combat
Post by: Amigo on September 19, 2006, 02:59:00 AM

'Twas a time of chivalry, honor, and bravery encroaching the threshold of purely mad insanity.

Bring it on, HTC.