Knights Without Parachutes

A Blog of Great War Stories

More of the March 1918 Air War
2018-03-31 23:57 "And thus one of the world's most famous military insignia, the Hat-in-the-Ring, which became a part of my entire life from then on, was born."
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.
Thanksgiving for Aviation Improvements
2017-11-25 15:07 Brakes (so that you have control on the ground as in the air to keep from colliding with another airplane at the flight altitude of 0 feet)
Rain and Frederick Libby's First Victory
2017-01-27 20:42 Libby was trained for 30 minutes on how to use a machine gun, then he was shown how to use the gun in the airplane, then sent up in the airplane to try it. The instructor forgot to tell him how to cha...
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 ...

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