"GIVING THE MACHINE GUN WINGS" written by Gavin Mortimer, published in Aviation History, 10768858, Jul2013, Vol. 23, Issue 6 explains how mounting the machine gun on an aircraft made the plane a dead weapon. http://web.ebscohost.com.ihcproxy.mnpals.net/ehost/detail?sid=1bd41f5d-cbc2-4bb2-85e4-6bb9c73412c3%40sessionmgr4&vid=4&hid=25&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=f5h&AN=87072961. This article talks about how a man named Roland Garros had fitted a machine gun on his aircraft and gunned down an enemy plane. With the discovery of this new effective weapon, it put wings on the machine gun. Even the White-house later wrote "Ronald Garros had given the machine gun wings. His fantastic device gave birth to a new and most deadly weapon, providing the military forces with a lethal piece of armament." Quoted from The British aviation journal Aero had reported that "the whole attitude and jerky action of the machine suggest a grasshopper in a furious rage."Garros later flew his monoplane across the Mediterranean sea from France to Tunisia and it was described as "one of the most notable feats in aviation." Although his aerial fame had been taken over by the time he returned to Europe, he was still seen as a hero to many. After knowing that they could mount a deadly weapon on an airplane, aircraft engineers soon noticed the military potential of airplanes and they proceeded to create planes that were more capable  of just scouting the area.  

Looking back at this article it really shows how making the machine gun not only a ground weapon but now Aerial makes it that much more dangerous. Knowing how effective having an airborne machine gun could be, it became a huge factor for aerial plane duals. When Garros discovered that he could use the machine gun effectively while controlling his plane as well changed the strategies used during the war now that they had protection is they were in fact attacked while scouting the enemy lines. I think putting wings on the machine gun really gave pilots an advantage especially for those who only had spotter shooters with rifles. Having an automatic gun rather than a single shot rifle and with the machine gun being more powerful was  definitely an advantage and with the pilot being able to control it himself was a bonus for those who could. I found this article very interesting. Not only because of the discovery that a machine gun could be used on a plane but that after Garros had shot down an airborne plane with a machine gun, started what they called "dog fights" between airplanes. It was a change for the revolution and an advantage for those who had them.