World War I was the laboratory that transformed airplanes from vehicles of limited capability into reliable weapons of war. The “World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation” exhibition highlights both ...
From canvas biplanes to stealthy jets, air superiority has been defined by a handful of warplanes that forced every rival to rethink how to fight in the sky. I trace 15 of the most iconic fighters and ...
To manufacture thousands of airplanes for its World War I allies, the United States would fell acres of spruce. Preston Lerner Spruce was essential to the construction of more than 4,000 Curtiss JN-4D ...