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WWI

A period of innovation in aerial combat and military aircraft from 1914-1918
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Giuseppe Genchi, who found a trove of engine parts at the University of Palermo, spent countless hours restoring an 11-cylinder rotary engine from World War I.

Genchi’s Obsession

A grad student in Italy salvages Germany's rarest World War I airplane engines.
August 2011 | By Andrew Lawler

The book that robbed the enemy of his secrets. A key to shapes shows a circle can be a haystack or a gun emplacement.

Portrait of the Enemy

Photographs taken from the world’s first warplanes changed the course of battle.
September 2008 | By Robin White

A pilot and gunner inspect the Handley.

The Few, the Brave, the Lucky

To face the enemy in World War I, pilots first had to survive flight training.
July 2008 | By Tom LeCompte

A scene from the Army Signal Corps film "Aviation Training in the United States," shot in 1917-1918.

How They Trained

Rare archival footage shows Army pilots learning to fly Jennies in 1917.
May 05, 2008 | By Phillip W. Stewart

Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn

What the Red Baron Never Knew

Computer analysis of World War I aircraft shows precisely why some were deadly and others, death traps.
January 2008 | By Peter Garrison

Debuting in 1915, the petite French Nieuport 11 fighter was based on the design of several pre-war racers.

The Great Warplanes

Portraits of military aviation's first fleet.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

The D.VII entered service in 1918 and quickly established itself as the best fighter of the Great World War, as beloved by German pilots as it was feared by Allies.

Cecil Lewis' War

One writer's view of flying in WWI.
November 2006 | By airspacemag.com

Northrop built 13 YP-61s, which were used for flight testing. This YP-61

In the Museum: High Flier

Restoring the Northrop YP-61 Black Widow
July 2006 | By Diane Tedeschi

At the Movies: Take Two

World War I airplanes star in a feature film about the Lafayette Escadrille.
July 2006 | By Tom LeCompte

Midnight Raiders

How zeppelin bombers during World War I terrorized the British-and their own German crews.
January 2006 | By Nicholas Nirgiotis

Sterling’s Breguet came with conventional landing gear; he later replaced it with pontoons. “We were somewhat anxious about the results,” he recounted.

Contact

Tales from the era when the Air Age met the Stone Age.
November 2004 | By Tony Reichardt

The WoW Factor

The place to go for the world's best warbird-watching? Warbirds over Wanaka, New Zealand.
September 2004 | By Derek Grzelewski

Now departing Paradise...All day long, Chalk’s amphibious Grumman Mallards shuttle tourists in and out of Paradise Island and other Bahamian destinations.

Chalk's Ocean Airways

Since 1919, this little airline has managed to keep its head above water
January 2003 | By Henry Scammell

The Caudron G.4 served as a bomber and recon craft. The Museum

In the Museum: A French Treasure

July 2002 | By Roger A. Mola

Moss was hardly deskbound, posing with the pilot who held the Army

Hill Climb

Why General Electric put an airplane engine on a truck and drove it to the top of Pikes Peak.
May 2001 | By Donald Sherman


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