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| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 27-Mar-15 17:08 |  | | Views : 1044 | | With all of the clutter between the windscreen and the airscrew it is easy to see why adding gun sights for both the Vickers and Lewis guns was a difficult and somewhat superfluous installation. The pilot can never easily align sights, over the guns, from his flight position. I would imagine that without a definite sight picture the nose of the aircraft was used and bullets were sprayed at the target. |
| John M Oshust | ManzanoLaser Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12a | Build | 27-Mar-15 17:08 |  | | Views : 1082 | | One can only imagine what influence this sail like scoop. had on the maneuverability of this aero-plane! |
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