Welcome to Aviation Classics, a series of high-quality glossy publications centred on the world’s greatest aircraft, the events in which they played crucial roles and those who flew, maintained and supported them.
Issue four of Aviation Classics
In Issue four the clock turns back to World War One, when military aviation was in its infancy and aerial combat was a new concept of war. During this era, as well as much courage the airmen still showed elements of chivalry – hence the edition is called Knights of the Sky.
Numerous topics are featured, including the formation of the Royal Flying Corps under the leadership of General Henderson, the Order of Battle of the Royal Air Force when it was established as the world’s first independent air service on 1 April 1918 and the formation of the US Air Service. Other articles range from flying the fragile fabric covered biplanes over the trenches of the Western Front to the little-covered war in the Sinai Desert and even the first aircraft carrier strike in history.
We’ll look at an array of the aircraft types flown during the 1914-1918 conflict, from the world’s early fighters such as the Sopwith Camel and Fokker Dr.I Triplane, to the first long-range bombers such as the British Handley Page O/400 and Germany’s Gotha, plus there is a detailed account of the first bombing raid on Great Britain by Zeppelin airships.
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