Pusher props for WW I fighters

There's a darling Farman at the Owl's Head Museum in Maine. It was a
pusher, but it still didn't have fixed guns. Instead the gunner sat in
front of the pilot; if the plane were attacked from behind, he stood
up and fired over the pilot's head.

Furthermore, he didn't wear (didn't have!) a seat belt.

There's a great book by an American cowboy who became a Canadian truck
driver, then a Farman gunner for the RFC, and finally a pilot. (Well,
that wasn't the end of the story: he returned to the U.S. and joined
the Air Service, but that was a disappointment for him, and also for
the reader.) www.warbirdforum.com/horses.htm


all the best -- Dan Ford
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