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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Overview of WWI Aviation on the 99th Anniversary of Armistice Day
2017-11-10 14:39
Raoul Lufbery was famous by this point and thus was avoiding the public more than ever. His hobbies were picking wild mushrooms and playing with the squadron mascot lions Whiskey and Soda.
Popping Balloons in World War 1
2017-02-08 20:54
The way to shoot down a balloon was with incendiary bullets, if the gas would ignite, which wasn't certain.
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...
