Knights Without Parachutes

A Blog of Great War Stories

Happy 100th Birthday to Jenny (JN4)
2017-08-25 11:32 The venerable JN4 Jenny wasn't a maneuverable exciting fighter like the Dr.I, Camel, or Spad. Compared to them, she was an ungainly, slow and stable aircraft - just the thing to train new pilots how t...
British Pronunciation Guide to World War 1
2017-07-19 15:00 Hall had pronounced Ypres the French way “which put me under suspicion as a ‘swanker.’”
The Red Baron's Head Wound
2017-07-14 14:42 "My thick Richthofen head once again proved itself"
Teaching History to the Young and Uninterested
2017-07-07 14:36 See this propeller? The pilot could turn the airplane straight up and have the airplane hanging from the propeller, and it would stay there and not fall down. Unless the engine quit.
Gutenberg Press 1440 - Bold Features! Tasteful Design! Unforgettable Performance!
2017-06-27 14:22 On seeing all its features (movable type, prints multiple pages, saves hours of scribe labor), the general reaction was, "Wow! I want one of those!"
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Simulated Simulator
2017-06-20 14:05 "Welcome to the P-40 Warhawk simulator. Your mission is to learn about the P-40. Start your engine."

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