My Post Civil War American History professor told us that the enemy pilots used to wave to each other as they flew past each other. Then one day some asshole pulled out his revolver and shot the guy waving at him, and that’s when they started mounting guns on airplanes.
Waving at each other just shows how fucked up society was at the time:
“Sure, you’re spotting for the artillery that’ll kill hundreds of my countrymen, but they’re only peasants. Us two, we’re nobles.”
![[draws pistol with malicious intent]](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c39640ae-bbbb-4f52-ab9c-7a20da97822a.jpeg){kind=link}
My Post Civil War American History professor told us that the enemy pilots used to wave to each other as they flew past each other. Then one day some asshole pulled out his revolver and shot the guy waving at him, and that’s when they started mounting guns on airplanes.
Waving at each other just shows how fucked up society was at the time:
“Sure, you’re spotting for the artillery that’ll kill hundreds of my countrymen, but they’re only peasants. Us two, we’re nobles.”
Us pilots are above the men on the ground, quite literally.
“Knights of the air”
Honestly, rank-and-file pilots would’ve done the same.
“Holy shit we’re flying isn’t this amazing?”
“Ich bin begeistert dass wir dieses Wunder gemeinsam geschafft haben!”