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World War 1 Biplane fight (non-Text)

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During the first world war, Biplanes were used simply for recon and message sending at the start. Eventually, pilots started to use pistols, bricks, grenades, even rope to make an attempt to crash the enemy pilot. This proved rather if not very ineffective. But around the late end of 1916, machine guns started to be mounted on the biplanes along with military symbolism and proper warfare in the skies began.

How the term 'Dog-Fight' came about was the sound the biplane engines made upon flying whilst trying to gain and lower speeds, making a somewhat dog barking sound. And thus fallowing, 'dogfights' became a term for pilots who were about to, or just left aerial combat.

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Fun Fact: When each superpower invloved in World War 1 made biplanes for battle, there actually wasn't a corps for them. Or in other words, there was no air force. In fact, all pilots were volunteers from the Army corps, which made planes linked to the army. No nation made a separate corps for air combat until the second world war.
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