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Don't like the sound of that (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Plenty of biplanes in WWII as well.

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/biplanes.htm

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Fair enough

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but not other way around

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Not a lot of WWII in biplanes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

There were monoplanes in WWI, most notably the Fokker Eindeckers which kicked the snot out of the Allies for most of 1915 and on into 1916, though largely because of their synchronized machine guns rather than any superiority in their design.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also plenty of monoplanes in WWI, most notably the Fokker Eindeckers,.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good point. And, not to glorify warfare, but the synchronization gear was an amazingly innovative piece of technology.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It was certainly better than the initial French attempt to solve the problem, which was so good they named a tennis stadium after it.