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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Great Aces Grounded for Ear Pain - Udet and Rickenbacker
2018-04-14 00:04
"My new Spad had an altitude of 22,000 feet; try that sometime with an earache."
Leadership Lessons from the Red Baron
2018-03-04 18:48
Richthofen "did not rebuke them; rather, he said not a word about it." According to the pilots, that was worse than the most severe reprimand.
More on Stephen Thompson's First Air Victory
2018-02-26 17:00
If he got enthralled with the scenery and forgot to keep breathing he started to feel the effects of oxygen deprivation.
Last Words of the Red Baron
2018-02-24 16:52
"I think of this war as it really is, not as the people at home imagine, with a Hoorah! and a roar. It is very serious, very grim..."
Perfect Christmas Present for WWI Aviation Buffs!
2017-12-10 15:18
That would be Captain Hedley, the WWI ace who fell out of his airplane and survived.
Now Entering the Final Year of the First Air War
2017-11-18 15:00
By the fall of 1918, the fortunes of German ground forces would be declining, but the German air force would have some of its best months of the war. September 1918 would show more downed Allied aircr...
