pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu (Eric C. Pearce) (06/21/89)
From: pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu (Eric C. Pearce) Does anyone know just why its called "dogfighting" anyway? -- - Eric C. Pearce Yerkes Observatory, University of Chicago. e-mail: pearce@tycho.yerkes.uchicago.edu, pearce@oddjob.uchicago.edu fax: (414) 245-9805 [mod.note: Ever seen dogs fight ? It's not unlike the confusion of air combat. Maybe someone can shed some light on the actual origins of the term. - Bill ]
gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner) (06/22/89)
From: gardiner@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (David Gardiner) In WW I, people on the ground noted that the aircraft fighting above looked like dogs chasing each others tails. The analogy stuck. At least, this is the story I heard on a VCR I rented (title had something to do with Aces). David Gardiner U of MN CSci Dept.