why is an arial fight between two planes called a dog flight?

Answer 1

Usually 2 planes involved in an individual dog fight would attempt to be the one chasing the other from behind.Of course the desired position.
To achieve this position meant trying to out turn your enemy with a tighter circle than his.
Both pilots using this procedure would of course appear like 2 dogs chasing each others tails,especially when veiwed from the ground where vapour trails would show their paths.

Answer 2

It derives from the Middle Ages: Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

The military order "Havoc!" was a signal given to the English military forces in the Middle Ages to direct the soldiery (in Shakespeare's parlance 'the dogs of war') to pillage and chaos.

Answer 3

If you have ever seen a vicious dog fight between to evenly-matched dogs, quite a bit of the fight involves the two dogs running around each other to find a weakness for the other dog.

Planes fly around each other in the same manner.

Answer 4

It's actually called a cat fight when: 1. both combatants are female or 2. Only one of the combatants is female. Many male warriors will break off the battle if they learn their foe is female - not wanting to die in such a titled event!

Answer 5

Like dogs fighting, war planes constantly turn around each other and try to attack from a vantage point.

Answer 6

Because ALL MEN ARE DOGS, or at least that is the general perception. And since men are the most common pilots, when there is a fight in the the air between two planes, it is broken down to genetic sexual dominance terminology.

Answer 7

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