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Old May 10th, 2008, 07:57 PM
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Default Re: Flying Rams and Air to Air Ramming

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Originally Posted by TA152 View Post
That is the guy I was trying to think of his name !

I wonder if ramming was used in air to air combat in WWI ? Seems like it would be alot safer ramming one of those aircraft due to the lower speeds and the wing struts you could chop off the other guys aircraft.

I don't know too much about WWI, as you hear some pilots carried parachutes and others did not. If you did not then ramming would be a worse idea than it already is !
Ramming I guess has been around since men began fighting in the air . There have been quite a few instances of this happening too over the years.
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