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Knights Without Parachutes
A Blog of Great War Stories
January 1918 - Flu Season Begins, for THE Flu
2018-01-27 16:45
That first wave of the flu left behind a benefit that would only be recognized in hindsight, as victims of the spring's flu showed greater resistance in the plague yet to come.
Bullard Is Attacked - Or Not
2018-01-20 16:40
I explained that in the Foreign Legion we were taught that a battlefield is wherever you are attacked. And as I thought I had been attacked, I lost my temper.
Pilot Training 1918
2018-01-13 16:36
Finally, after about a year of scheming, he was at the front. But he didn't yet know how much he didn't know.
Twelve Aviation Originals
2017-12-23 16:26
After all, Kitty Hawk was not the first flight, nor the first heavier-than-air flight, nor the first powered, controlled flight. But if you just say the Wright brothers flew the first thing we now cal...
December 1917 Air War - Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New
2017-12-16 16:18
As the winter deepens, air traffic slows down. There is much rain and snow. Even on dry days the heavy clouds drift so low that no takeoffs are ordered. We sit around in our rooms.
Volunteers Replicating 1917 Airplanes in 2017
2017-12-15 15:43
In many cases volunteers are some of the greatest experts in the field, retirees doing for free what they've already spent decades being paid for.
