Pilots carry pistols and fire at their opponents;

飞行员拿着手枪朝敌人开枪
and again there was this sort of esprit de corps that these were--

再一次出现了一种团队合作精神
so the brave fighting guys up there are providing amusements for the

所以空中的那些英勇的战士提供笑料
people in the trenches below, and when one of the aces would get

给下面战壕里的人当一架飞机被
shot down the other planes would fly over and drop flowers,

打下了其它的会在上面撒花
and Baron von Richthofen and all these big ace guys,

冯·里希特霍芬男爵和其他的一些
most of whom were killed in the end,

最后被杀死的人
they got the good idea of insteading of machinegun on

他们想到这个好主意与其用
a plane that fires, and then they found that the

飞机上的机枪他们发现
machinegun bullets are sent back killing the pilot by the propeller--

机枪子弹能利用螺旋桨向后射击飞行员
someone says, "ah-ha, let's time it

有人说哈让我们给
to the propeller"; so they create ways,

螺旋桨计时他们创造出这些方法