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Cheesman, E.F. (ed.) Fighter Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, UK: Harleyford, 1960; The Great War, television documentary by the BBC. Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962. Guttman, Jon. Pusher Aces of World War 1: Volume 88 of Osprey Aircraft of the Aces: Volume 88 of Aircraft of ...
Most articles about aircraft types that were used in World War I are in one of the 1910–1919 (first flight) categories listed below. Some aircraft (e.g. airship) types with earlier first flights were also used in WWI. Category:1910s Austro-Hungarian military aircraft; Category:1910s British military aircraft; Category:1910s French military ...
The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. [2] Developed in April 1915, the first Eindecker ("Monoplane") was the first purpose-built German fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the ...
French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-4-0. Durkota, Alan; Darcey, Thomas; Kulikov, Victor (1995). The Imperial Russian Air Service — Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War I. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4. Lamberton, W.M. (1960).
Data from Quest for Performance. General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 5.77 m (18 ft 11 in) Upper wingspan: 7.19 m (23 ft 7 in) Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) Wing area: 18.7 m 2 (201 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 4.04 Empty weight: 406 kg (895 lb) Gross weight: 586 kg (1,291 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Oberursel Ur.II 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp) Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch ...
Lacking an indigenous aviation industry, the Ottoman Empire primarily relied on Germany for aircraft, although a number of French pre-war aircraft were used in the early part of the war. The Ottoman Empire also operated two Avro 504 light fighter reconnaissance aircraft. Later on, they were used as trainer aircraft
The Curtiss JN-4 is possibly North America's most famous World War I aircraft. It was widely used during World War I to train beginning pilots, with an estimated 95% of all trainees having flown a JN-4. [11] The US version was called "Jenny", a derivation from its official designation.
The Vickers F.B.5 (Fighting Biplane 5) (known as the "Gunbus") was a British two-seat pusher military biplane of the First World War.Armed with a single .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun operated by the observer in the front of the nacelle, it was the first aircraft purpose-built for air-to-air combat to see service, making it the world's first operational fighter aircraft.