when?
In 1912
Vickers F.B.5
1912.
who is albert ball? Fighter pilot where was he born? Nottingham did he fight in any war or battle? First World War can you name any of the aircrafts that he flew? Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c please describe the aircraft to me A British single-engine tractor two-seat biplane designed and developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. what kind of guns did it have? Lewis gun which type of bullets were used for the gun? Round which other aircrafts were these guns used on? Vickers F.B.5, Airco D.H.2 who designed the first plane? Archie Low
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Vickers F.B.5 [SEP] Design and development
Vickers began experimenting with the concept of an armed warplane designed to destroy other aircraft in 1912. The first resulting aircraft was the "Destroyer" (later designated Vickers E.F.B.1) which was shown at the Olympia Aero Show in February 1913, but crashed on its maiden flight . This aircraft was of the "Farman" pusher layout, to avoid the problem of firing through a tractor propeller, and was armed with a single belt-fed Vickers gun. Vickers continued to pursue the development of armed pusher biplanes, and their Chief Designer Archie Low drew up a new design, the Vickers Type 18, or Vickers E.F.B.2.