Winged Warfare

I finished the autobiographical book by Lt. Col. William Bishop. As I noted in my last blog post, this is a great read for anyone who is a history buff, or an air warfare aficionado. It is interesting that some of the same air warfare rules of WW I are still applicable today.

I am almost positive that if we took a WW I ace and had them fight a modern warplane, they would put the modern fighter pilot at a disadvantage (A gun to gun fight… no missiles). The WW I had to use more personal aerial skill than a modern pilot who has everything controlled electronically.

The book was great, and I hope that others who read it come to the same conclusion.

John Yeary

Caffeinated Java Programmer, and former Java Software Architect at Orange Bees and Kopis, and current Senior Developer at Velosio. My opinions are my own.

Greenville, South Carolina, USA johnyeary.com
blog comments powered by Disqus