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Simple English; Suomi; Svenska; ... A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft that is conducted at close range.
Dogfight is a stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Peter Duchan. It is based on the 1991 film of the same name . [ 1 ] The musical premiered off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre in 2012, and in August 2014, the musical had its European premiere at the Southwark Playhouse in London .
Dogfight is a 1991 period coming-of-age drama film set in San Francisco, California, during the 1960s and directed by Nancy Savoca. [2] The film explores the love between an 18-year-old Marine , Lance Corporal Eddie Birdlace ( River Phoenix ), on his way to Vietnam , and a young woman, Rose Fenny ( Lili Taylor ).
A dogfight, by Paul Sandby, c. 1785 A fight between a dog and Jacco Macacco, the fighting monkey, at the Westminster Pit, London. 1822 An English broadside advertising an upcoming event at the Westminster Pit, London, featuring a match between the monkey, Jacco Macacco and a dog, also dog fights, badger-baiting and bear-baiting, c. November 1821
“A Dog Fight at Kit Burns' ”, 1868.. According to a study by the Michigan State University College of Law published in 2005, in the United States, dog fighting was once completely legal and was sanctioned and promoted during the colonial period (17th century through 1776) and continuing through the Victorian era in the late 19th century.
The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]
The scissors is an aerial dogfighting maneuver commonly used by military fighter pilots. It is primarily a defensive maneuver, used by an aircraft that is under attack.It consists of a series of short turns towards the attacking aircraft, slowing with each turn, in the hopes of forcing the attacker to overshoot.
Dogfight, based on the 1991 film "Dogfight" (short story), by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson "DOGFIGHT", a song by M.o.v.e; Dog fighting, a blood sport in which dogs are trained to attack each other; Play fighting among dogs as a natural part of Dog behaviour "Dogfight!" an episode in the manga series Initial D