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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Did Anyone Ever Know Raoul Lufbery? Notes from Dawn Patrol Rendezvous
2016-12-05 15:00
In those days, a man with an aircraft, and his mechanic, were treated like royalty, and Mark became Raoul's very best friend - the only man who might have been able to claim to know him.
Dawn Patrol Report - Lufbery, Nungesser and More
2016-10-13 13:57
The real pilots, not needing to do so to save their lives in actual battle, did not do maneuvers as aggressive as the RC aircraft.
Mission: Dawn Patrol - Dayton 2016!
2016-09-28 13:44
This year, the biennial airshow is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Lafayette Escadrille.
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...
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 ...
