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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Great Aces Grounded for Ear Pain - Udet and Rickenbacker
2018-04-14 00:04
"My new Spad had an altitude of 22,000 feet; try that sometime with an earache."
Eugene Bullard vs. the Flying Circus
2017-10-06 14:04
This hurt me deeply. Then, as now, my love for my own country was strong. I got some comfort out of knowing that I was able to go on fighting on the same front and in the same cause as other citizens ...
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...
James Norman Hall, the SPAD, and the Bounty
2017-01-02 15:38
James Norman Hall bicycled from London to Scotland to meet his favorite author but was afraid to knock on the door when he got there.
Bert Hall Is Not James Norman Hall, Though Both Were Lafayette Escadrille Pilots
2016-12-13 15:10
Wikipedia has the wrong Hall pictured as James Norman Hall!
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.
