World War I Airwar
World War I was like no war before. It was a world conflict of unprecedented horror, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mass death and two new parts of war: mechanized warfare and aerial combat.
From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the airwar of World War I changed the character of warfare forever
World War I Airwar talks about the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed and died in the sky and clouds over the trenches.
Aviation in general but the airplane in particular so fascinated people in North America and Europe in the early 1900s that the greatness, influence and power of a nation was often measured by its achievements in aviation.
Aerial combat in World War I began more as a sport or as a game. The small, speedy and maneuverable aircraft flown by daredevil pilots that so awed and amazed the public before the war would, ironically, become a much different symbol in the public’s imagination by the end of the war. The aircraft were now well-armed and it was the time of the Red Baron, Eddie Rickenbacker and other “knights of the air” whose high-flying exploits captured the imaginations of millions and replaced the prewar daredevil sports pilot as national heroes.
Although we may not be familiar with the battles of World War I, the World War I “Flying Ace” continues to be an historic image of that war but you'll read why the reality was much less romantic. What had begun only a few years earlier with the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk quickly evolved into a deadly, ruthless and capricious business.
As the name suggests, World War I Airwar is about the airwar of the War To End All Wars, in particular the fighter pilots, aces and their aircraft. This book describes the development and importance of several World War I warplanes, such as the , Fokker E (Eindecker, deHavilland, Nieuport, Avro 504, Albatros D.I, Fokker DR.I (Dreidecker) Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Bristol F-2B, SPAD XIII, Breguet Bre. Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5, Fokker D.VII, Airco (deHavilland DH.4 and many more.
You'll read about the devastating physical and emotional impact the war had on pilots such as Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock, as well as extraordinary acts of heroism on both sides.
Read about the Allied and German pilots such as Ernst Udet, Edward Mannock, Georges Guynemer, James McCudden, Rene Fonck, Frank Luke and William Avery “Billy” Bishop (Canada).
The book also goes into greater detail about two aces in particular, Manfred von Richthofen (“the Red Baron”) and Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American ace of World War I. One survived the war but the other was killed during its final months.
Regardless of the ability and luck of the pilot, his life also depended on airplanes whose engines failed, guns jammed and wings broke with unsettling frequency. You'll read how and why the location of the machine gun played such an important role in air supremacy for both sides.
This book is of interest to aviation historians and enthusiasts.
Contents Include:
The Storm Approaches
Early Action For Aircraft
The Balloon Was As Important As It Was Low-tech
Zeppelins
Bombers
The Air War
The Dawn Of Air Combat
Problems With Machine Guns
Trying A New Aircraft Design: Pusher Aircraft
Machine Gun Synchronization
The Fokker Scourge (1915)
Verdun And The Somme (1916)
Bloody April (1917)
Engine Problems
The Spring Offensive (1918)
The U.S. Enters The War “Over There”
The Aircraft Of World War I
Famous Aircraft 1914-1918
Aces Of World War I
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Belguim
Italy
Russia
Eddie Rickenbacker
The Red Baron
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From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the airwar of World War I changed the character of warfare forever
World War I Airwar talks about the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed and died in the sky and clouds over the trenches.
Aviation in general but the airplane in particular so fascinated people in North America and Europe in the early 1900s that the greatness, influence and power of a nation was often measured by its achievements in aviation.
Aerial combat in World War I began more as a sport or as a game. The small, speedy and maneuverable aircraft flown by daredevil pilots that so awed and amazed the public before the war would, ironically, become a much different symbol in the public’s imagination by the end of the war. The aircraft were now well-armed and it was the time of the Red Baron, Eddie Rickenbacker and other “knights of the air” whose high-flying exploits captured the imaginations of millions and replaced the prewar daredevil sports pilot as national heroes.
Although we may not be familiar with the battles of World War I, the World War I “Flying Ace” continues to be an historic image of that war but you'll read why the reality was much less romantic. What had begun only a few years earlier with the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk quickly evolved into a deadly, ruthless and capricious business.
As the name suggests, World War I Airwar is about the airwar of the War To End All Wars, in particular the fighter pilots, aces and their aircraft. This book describes the development and importance of several World War I warplanes, such as the , Fokker E (Eindecker, deHavilland, Nieuport, Avro 504, Albatros D.I, Fokker DR.I (Dreidecker) Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Bristol F-2B, SPAD XIII, Breguet Bre. Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5, Fokker D.VII, Airco (deHavilland DH.4 and many more.
You'll read about the devastating physical and emotional impact the war had on pilots such as Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock, as well as extraordinary acts of heroism on both sides.
Read about the Allied and German pilots such as Ernst Udet, Edward Mannock, Georges Guynemer, James McCudden, Rene Fonck, Frank Luke and William Avery “Billy” Bishop (Canada).
The book also goes into greater detail about two aces in particular, Manfred von Richthofen (“the Red Baron”) and Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American ace of World War I. One survived the war but the other was killed during its final months.
Regardless of the ability and luck of the pilot, his life also depended on airplanes whose engines failed, guns jammed and wings broke with unsettling frequency. You'll read how and why the location of the machine gun played such an important role in air supremacy for both sides.
This book is of interest to aviation historians and enthusiasts.
Contents Include:
The Storm Approaches
Early Action For Aircraft
The Balloon Was As Important As It Was Low-tech
Zeppelins
Bombers
The Air War
The Dawn Of Air Combat
Problems With Machine Guns
Trying A New Aircraft Design: Pusher Aircraft
Machine Gun Synchronization
The Fokker Scourge (1915)
Verdun And The Somme (1916)
Bloody April (1917)
Engine Problems
The Spring Offensive (1918)
The U.S. Enters The War “Over There”
The Aircraft Of World War I
Famous Aircraft 1914-1918
Aces Of World War I
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Belguim
Italy
Russia
Eddie Rickenbacker
The Red Baron
World War I Airwar
World War I was like no war before. It was a world conflict of unprecedented horror, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the twentieth century as mass death and two new parts of war: mechanized warfare and aerial combat.
From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the airwar of World War I changed the character of warfare forever
World War I Airwar talks about the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed and died in the sky and clouds over the trenches.
Aviation in general but the airplane in particular so fascinated people in North America and Europe in the early 1900s that the greatness, influence and power of a nation was often measured by its achievements in aviation.
Aerial combat in World War I began more as a sport or as a game. The small, speedy and maneuverable aircraft flown by daredevil pilots that so awed and amazed the public before the war would, ironically, become a much different symbol in the public’s imagination by the end of the war. The aircraft were now well-armed and it was the time of the Red Baron, Eddie Rickenbacker and other “knights of the air” whose high-flying exploits captured the imaginations of millions and replaced the prewar daredevil sports pilot as national heroes.
Although we may not be familiar with the battles of World War I, the World War I “Flying Ace” continues to be an historic image of that war but you'll read why the reality was much less romantic. What had begun only a few years earlier with the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk quickly evolved into a deadly, ruthless and capricious business.
As the name suggests, World War I Airwar is about the airwar of the War To End All Wars, in particular the fighter pilots, aces and their aircraft. This book describes the development and importance of several World War I warplanes, such as the , Fokker E (Eindecker, deHavilland, Nieuport, Avro 504, Albatros D.I, Fokker DR.I (Dreidecker) Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Bristol F-2B, SPAD XIII, Breguet Bre. Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5, Fokker D.VII, Airco (deHavilland DH.4 and many more.
You'll read about the devastating physical and emotional impact the war had on pilots such as Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock, as well as extraordinary acts of heroism on both sides.
Read about the Allied and German pilots such as Ernst Udet, Edward Mannock, Georges Guynemer, James McCudden, Rene Fonck, Frank Luke and William Avery “Billy” Bishop (Canada).
The book also goes into greater detail about two aces in particular, Manfred von Richthofen (“the Red Baron”) and Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American ace of World War I. One survived the war but the other was killed during its final months.
Regardless of the ability and luck of the pilot, his life also depended on airplanes whose engines failed, guns jammed and wings broke with unsettling frequency. You'll read how and why the location of the machine gun played such an important role in air supremacy for both sides.
This book is of interest to aviation historians and enthusiasts.
Contents Include:
The Storm Approaches
Early Action For Aircraft
The Balloon Was As Important As It Was Low-tech
Zeppelins
Bombers
The Air War
The Dawn Of Air Combat
Problems With Machine Guns
Trying A New Aircraft Design: Pusher Aircraft
Machine Gun Synchronization
The Fokker Scourge (1915)
Verdun And The Somme (1916)
Bloody April (1917)
Engine Problems
The Spring Offensive (1918)
The U.S. Enters The War “Over There”
The Aircraft Of World War I
Famous Aircraft 1914-1918
Aces Of World War I
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Belguim
Italy
Russia
Eddie Rickenbacker
The Red Baron
From the swirling dogfights to the bombing missions that became ever more deadly, the airwar of World War I changed the character of warfare forever
World War I Airwar talks about the terrible scope of aerial combat and commemorates the men who fought, killed and died in the sky and clouds over the trenches.
Aviation in general but the airplane in particular so fascinated people in North America and Europe in the early 1900s that the greatness, influence and power of a nation was often measured by its achievements in aviation.
Aerial combat in World War I began more as a sport or as a game. The small, speedy and maneuverable aircraft flown by daredevil pilots that so awed and amazed the public before the war would, ironically, become a much different symbol in the public’s imagination by the end of the war. The aircraft were now well-armed and it was the time of the Red Baron, Eddie Rickenbacker and other “knights of the air” whose high-flying exploits captured the imaginations of millions and replaced the prewar daredevil sports pilot as national heroes.
Although we may not be familiar with the battles of World War I, the World War I “Flying Ace” continues to be an historic image of that war but you'll read why the reality was much less romantic. What had begun only a few years earlier with the Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk quickly evolved into a deadly, ruthless and capricious business.
As the name suggests, World War I Airwar is about the airwar of the War To End All Wars, in particular the fighter pilots, aces and their aircraft. This book describes the development and importance of several World War I warplanes, such as the , Fokker E (Eindecker, deHavilland, Nieuport, Avro 504, Albatros D.I, Fokker DR.I (Dreidecker) Triplane, Sopwith Camel, Bristol F-2B, SPAD XIII, Breguet Bre. Royal Aircraft Factory SE-5, Fokker D.VII, Airco (deHavilland DH.4 and many more.
You'll read about the devastating physical and emotional impact the war had on pilots such as Edward Corringham “Mick” Mannock, as well as extraordinary acts of heroism on both sides.
Read about the Allied and German pilots such as Ernst Udet, Edward Mannock, Georges Guynemer, James McCudden, Rene Fonck, Frank Luke and William Avery “Billy” Bishop (Canada).
The book also goes into greater detail about two aces in particular, Manfred von Richthofen (“the Red Baron”) and Eddie Rickenbacker, the leading American ace of World War I. One survived the war but the other was killed during its final months.
Regardless of the ability and luck of the pilot, his life also depended on airplanes whose engines failed, guns jammed and wings broke with unsettling frequency. You'll read how and why the location of the machine gun played such an important role in air supremacy for both sides.
This book is of interest to aviation historians and enthusiasts.
Contents Include:
The Storm Approaches
Early Action For Aircraft
The Balloon Was As Important As It Was Low-tech
Zeppelins
Bombers
The Air War
The Dawn Of Air Combat
Problems With Machine Guns
Trying A New Aircraft Design: Pusher Aircraft
Machine Gun Synchronization
The Fokker Scourge (1915)
Verdun And The Somme (1916)
Bloody April (1917)
Engine Problems
The Spring Offensive (1918)
The U.S. Enters The War “Over There”
The Aircraft Of World War I
Famous Aircraft 1914-1918
Aces Of World War I
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
Austria
Belguim
Italy
Russia
Eddie Rickenbacker
The Red Baron
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| BN ID: | 2940016336220 |
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| Publisher: | Scott Slaughter |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
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| Sales rank: | 842,361 |
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