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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
SPAD XIII T-Shirt and Mutiny on the Bounty
2016-11-29 14:51
They were more impressive by far than any other airplane, any other automobile, any other piece of equipment I had ever seen. This new Spad would mean the difference between life and death.
Remembering Kiffin Yates Rockwell of the Lafayette Escadrille
2016-09-23 13:29
In reality, Rockwell's life was much more interesting: in a generation that believed in causes, he had one, and fought and died for it.
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...
7 Worthy Opponent Qualities: Why the Red Baron Fascinates
2016-08-03 16:10
My opponent waved to me quite cheerfully as we were at a thousand meters altitude as if to say: ‘Well, well, how do you do?’"
Can Dropouts Fit in with Ivy League Pilots?
2016-07-21 15:56
It would have been easy for Kindley to feel defensive about his educational background, and it would have been easy for the Ivy Leaguers to assume he wouldn't be able to uphold the same standards they...
