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| | Message text One November morning in 1913, two primitive biplanes made of wood and cloth approached each other. The pilots exchanged a few pistol shots and then roared off in different directions. This is generally considered to be the first aerial duel in history.
The pilots, Dean Lamb and Phil Rader, were American mercenaries who had hired themselves out to competing factions in the Mexican Revolution. Years later, Lamb recalled that when the two planes met, Rader fired first. But it appeared to Lamb that Rader was aiming to miss, so he did the same. The two pilots gaily emptied their pistols, reloaded, and made another pass. When it was all done, they saluted each other and then went their separate ways.
http://www.earlyaviators.com/eraderph.htm
http://www.earlyaviators.com/elambdea.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Ivan_Lamb
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