RHINEBECK, N.Y. (AP) - There's still a place where buzzing biplanes swoop in pursuit of German triplanes, where pilots in open cockpits let their scarves flutter in the wind. The sights and sounds of ...
When Roger Krings of Shelby Township hung the blueprints for an authentic replica of the SPAD XIII fighter biplane on the wall in the old hangar at Selfridge Military Air Museum he had no idea how ...
There's still a place where buzzing biplanes swoop in pursuit of German triplanes, where pilots in open cockpits let their scarves flutter in the wind. The sights and sounds of World War I flight are ...
In 1918 France, the 13th Aero Squadron painted a skeleton on the side of their SPAD, a stark reminder of their own mortality. Combat pilots during World War I confronted death on a daily basis. At the ...
The skies over the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will include the sound of radial engines and the whistling of wind through wing wires as World War I replica aircraft participate in the Dawn ...
It’s September 12th, 1918, and at the controls of his SPAD S.XIII fighter sits 2nd Lieutenant Frank Luke. He’s about to take down his first German observation balloon. The Germans have been using ...
It's sunny and warm as I step out of my car into the parking lot of the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Of course, it's San Diego so saying it's "sunny and warm" is a lot like saying "I breathe air." ...