WW1 Airplanes

The First World War was monumental in history because of all the new technology that was introduced. One particular area that developed during the Great War was the use of airplanes by the German and Allied militaries. In comparison, they both had different mentalities towards an invention that was only made successful less than a decade before the outbreak of war in 1914 by the Wright Brothers in North Carolina, United States. The German Military welcomed the idea with open arms, investing in its potential for military uses, whereas the Allies remained reserved and hesitant, claiming that aircraft could not be used for anything more offensive than reconnaissance missions. These differences in opinions later affected the development of each air force. The German military kept making monthly improvements to their equipment whereas the allied pilots were slow in their respective air forces evolution. However, there was a common progression that both militaries had which was the slow phasing out of the cavalry on either side due to the effectiveness of the aircrafts reconnaissance capabilities. During the World War One, the German military took advantage of the new technology available to them, which gave significant results, whereas the Allies had a more traditional mindset for the beginning of the conflict.

Imagine that you are a pilot in World War II fighting for the Allies. You and your bomber squad are flying over enemy territory below, and are just at the point of pressing a button, which will unleash havoc on the ground below. This, was quite a common theme in World War II, as bombings from both the Axis and Ally side happened extremely often. The bomber plane was heavily changed in World War 2, and the journey of evolution that it has taken is truly fascinating.

The introduction of aircraft had begun a new era in warfare. No longer were military powers limited to the boundaries of vehicles that were restricted to land. The evolution of aircraft technology helped pioneer a new type of combat strategy that played a significant role in determining the outcome of a battle. Air combat also influenced the economies of the participating countries. The whole cycle of airplanes from the assembly line to the pilot became factors that added up to become an advantage or disadvantage.

The first plane was tested at Fort Meyer, Virginia, on Aug. 20, 1908. On this date, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge died while flying with Orville Wright, which was the first military aviation casualty. After more testing and improvements came to the aircraft, the U.S. Army accepted the first plane on Aug. 2, 1909, which was called “Airplane No. 1.”

The battle field of World War 2 was filled with gunfire, tanks shooting missiles, and allies dropping like flies. Suddenly, something from the sky drops a bomb, and other flying machines from the sky start firing bullets at the enemy. Finally, the battle is over, the fighting is over, finally you get to go home. Air crafts majorly affected World War Two. The three main types of planes used were warplanes, bombers, and cargo planes. Throughout World War Two many battles were fought, some of these battles on the ground, some verbally, and many raged in the sky. The Air crafts of World War 2 majorly influenced who had the upper hand and tactical advantage. When one army outranked another with air crafts they could easily win a war.

After the creation of an aircraft brought a whole new era. Many people couldn’t begin to understand how aviation was going to be used. Many people feared the thought of Airplanes being used since it was almost the start of a war. By having the availability of aircraft, it opened many possibilities at the start of World War 1. During World War 1, many Airplanes were used primarily for reconnaissance or in other terms a military observation of a region to locate an enemy. Following World War 1 was mainly trench

The second source used in this report is a website named wwiaviation.com written by William Ira Boucher. This website provides a detailed and extensive history of the use of aircraft in the first

Born in 1897, in Canada, Amelia Earhart was the firstborn child of her parents. Her childhood wasn’t easy. Her father was laid off of his job which resulted in them moving to Chicago, Illinois. There she met WW1 soldiers, wounded in battle, while in school. Inspired, she then started working as a nurse in a soldier’s hospital. Amelia’s family moved to California where she eventually moved to be with them. While in California she paid 1$ to ride on a plane where she felt she was made to fly. After the plane ride she started to take lessons from a woman pilot. Amelia then went on to become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in record time. She flew from Hawaii to California. Amelia joined a woman’s flight club called

As war from the ground or the seas was not enough, war finally expanded to the air in the 20th century. These airplanes were finally introduced to warfare in the year 1911. Airplanes were first used for recon until finally weapons were added to them. Different countries competed to build the best most advanced airplanes. As the time for war came countries such as England and Germany designed fighter planes and bombers too. A couple of the airplanes that Germany managed to crank out for World War II were the ME-109 and the Stuka Bomb Diver. Meanwhile the British had the Spitfire Diver which was used by the Royal Air Force. These airplanes managed to cause major damage during war.

When she was not spending her time as a social worker, she was out logging her flights. She had developed a passion for the art of flight from the very start. It was not too long after she had really gained interest that she had joined a small flight crew. She and the men would be traveling from Newfoundland to Wales. From then on she spent more time in the air than she ever did on the ground. In 1922 she flew over the Atlantic with a different crew, and then again flew solo in 1932. (LAMBERT). She was setting one record

To avoid this problem, they started air services over the English Channel by countries such as Great Britain and France but there is no challenge isolating cities where could transport people as fast as an airplane and more comfort. Commercial aviation was bad during World War One beause focusing into design and production efforts on building military aircraft. Nation ‘s destiny in a war whether armies on the ground or navies on the sea can be the expert even when the day passes but the power of initiative and main power of defence against the enemy has passed to the air-Brigadier General Billy Mitchell,November 1918. The impact during World War One was a full retrospect mainly about the strategic bombing which began in January 1915 where

World War One was when technology started to modernize weaponry and warfare. One of the modernized weaponry that they used in World War One was airplanes. Airplanes were a turning point in warfare because it allowed them to attack from the skies. There were many different types of airplanes used in World War One but I chose one classic to talk about. Three most used classics during the war are the Sopwith Camel Biplanes, the Gotha G V, and the Bristol Type Twenty-Two. I chose to talk about the Sopwith Camel Biplanes.

At the start of World War One, aircraft were very basic and crude. By the time World War One had ended, aircraft had become far more sophisticated and had differentiated into fighters, bombers and long-range bombers. The development of aircraft was stimulated by the war’s requirements, as was the way aircraft were actually used. At the start of the war in August 1914, British airmen were part of the British Army and commissioned officers had army ranks. By the end of the war in November 1918, the Royal Flying Corps no longer existed and was absorbed into the newly created Royal Air Force. This had its own command structure away from the army and introduced its own ranks.

Taking risks and she was the first woman to do many things made her popular. The first flight across the Atlantic Ocean is when she became famous. (1) She became the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean by herself. After that she was the world most famous woman pilot. (2) She was given medals and awards and was called The

The field of aviation was jumpstarted on December 17, 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright flew a heavier than air machine. From this day forward, Orville and Wilbur Wright became known as the first airplane pilots. The field of aviation began to develop hastily