World War I introduced lots of new technologies on the weapons front, one of them being the airplane. Check out Dogfight (that's what you call two planes fighting air-to-air combat), play it, and write about what you think was going through a pilot's mind while fighting in an air-to-air combat situation. This fighting style continued through the Cold War.
When a pilot takes off his airplane to go into combat with another airplane, the feeling must be terrible. They would try their hardest to move the plane without getting shot at while the other man would defend his plane with a turret gun. The turret gun had to be very smart because he could shoot his own plane up when the pilot moves the plane and the plane could crash. So there are many things you have to think of while you are fighting in a dog fight. Another through that would be on the pilots mind was if he was going to live or not. Also when its time to land the plane and return home would also be running through his mind. Pictures of family members are also placed in the window so they can have their last view of loved ones. Because there was a 50 to 50 chance of getting shot out of the sky. Now a days i would feel more safe in an airplane because the jets are much more fast and safer. They now don't have dog fights anymore they just drop bombs on targets.
