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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
Dayton Dawn Patrol Airshow Causing Postponements
2016-09-05 13:00
Andy's planned talk about the Lost Battalion and Cher Ami, the heroic pigeon, will be postponed to the second Saturday in November.
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...
Ivy League Officers: Cost or Benefit to USAF? - 2016 Perspective
2016-08-19 12:39
Three out of four times Ivy Leaguers have a very, very tough time in the military. They have a lot of trouble suspending disbelief and simply learning the ropes of followership.
Before the Red Baron: Leffers, of the Original German Aces
2016-08-10 16:25
Leffers received the "Blue Max" medal, the 11th recipient for Germany. He was killed flying a French plane he had captured.
Ivy League Officers: Cost or Benefit to USAF? - 1917 Perspective
2016-08-08 16:18
"They feel that the training of officers for the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps of the United States Army is one of the most important fields of endeavor which the University could enter at the ...
