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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Dangerous Jobs That People Think Are Safe and Easy
2016-08-31 12:54
But flying killed more pilots than the enemy did, and a ferry pilot was often bringing an airplane into a combat area - without guns. So the ferry pilot had most of the dangers of any combat pilot, wi...
7 Outstanding Qualities of World War 1 Pilots
2016-08-25 12:49
Loved flying - well, obviously. But it's not actually so obvious. These men came of age along with flying. At the time people were asking them as small boys what they wanted to grow up to be, piloting...
The Red Baron Flunked His Test Flight and 9 Other Facts
2016-07-25 16:01
An uncle of the Red Baron was an early developer in Denver and built Richthofen Castle there.
Can Dropouts Fit in with Ivy League Pilots?
2016-07-21 15:56
It would have been easy for Kindley to feel defensive about his educational background, and it would have been easy for the Ivy Leaguers to assume he wouldn't be able to uphold the same standards they...
How to Fall Out of Your Airplane and Survive
2016-07-14 13:41
It's a true story. But the drawing for Ripley's Believe It or Not "Luckiest Man Alive" is slightly mythical. Captain Hedley, as an observer with no seatbelt, did indeed both fall out of his plane and ...
How to Attract Weird and Colorful Pilots: Lafayette Escadrille
2016-07-11 13:36
These were the men whose wild living, exotic pets (lion cubs), hunting skills (more important in a fight than aerobatic skills), and willingness to sit in a wood-and-wire crate two or three miles up (...
