
February 10th 08, 05:36 PM
posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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First Fighter Plane?
spammers.net (Corey C. Jordan) wrote in message
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On Sat, 9 Feb 2008 06:19:15 +0200, "David Nicholls"
wrote:
You are defining it rather strangely (it counts out the F15!!!!) - the FB5
fired its gun forward, it was a "pusher" design, as were several early
fighters. The Fokker E.1 that was the devastating first fighter that
could
fire through the propeller (had a deflector plate on the propeller - not
an
interupter gear) had only got 1 machine gun.
David
The E-1 used an interrupter gear. The Morane of Garros used deflecter
plates.
My regards,
C.C. Jordan
http://www.hitechcreations.com
http://www.trainers.hitechcreations.com
"If it's red, it's dead." - Mike "Hammer" Harris
You are right - apologise to the group - but they both had one machine gun.
David
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