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World War I was known at the time as the Great War and "the war to end all wars." Countries stretching across the globe got involved, mobilizing over 70 million military personnel. The First World War saw unprecedented levels of technological innovation. It was the first modern mechanized industrial war in which material resources and manufacturing capability were as consequential as the skill ...
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, began in 1914 and lasted until 1918.
Technical and Scale Drawings. Our Archives is the repository for more than two million aircraft and spacecraft technical and scale drawings, donated over the decades by manufacturers, the armed services, and by individual illustrators. Most drawings are available for reproduction.
It was delivered to Colombey-les-Belles in September 1918 and assigned to the 22nd Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, where it was given the number "20" and assigned to Brooks. The aircraft was a replacement for another of the same type in which Brooks had earlier crashed. Brooks achieved one of his six personal aerial victories in Smith IV.
It is either on loan or in storage. Sopwith F.1 Camel Panorama. United Kingdom CRAFT-Aircraft Single engine, single-seat, WWI biplane fighter, with 130 HP Clerget 9B rotary engine. Wingspan: 28 feet (8.5 m) Length: 18 feet 9 inches (5.7 m) Height: 8 feet 6 inches (2.6m) Empty weight: 930 lbs. Airframe: wood, fabric covered.
In response to the loss of air superiority in late 1917, the Germans organized a competition for new fighter designs held in January 1918. The in-line engine winner was the Fokker D.VII. Fokker received an order for 400 aircraft. To meet the demand for the new fighter, Albatros, Fokker's chief competitor, also built the D.VII under license.
Long Description. The Albatros series of single-seat fighters produced between 1916 and 1918 were among the most numerous and distinctive aircraft of the First World War. The Albatros Werke began to build airplanes in 1910. Early in the war, the firm focused on two-seat observation types.
The AEF artists documented the new military technology as thoroughly as every other aspect of the war. After three years on the sidelines, the United States lagged far behind the latest technology and faced a monumental task equipping hundreds of thousands of new soldiers. U.S. industry was just beginning to gear up for this challenge when the ...
The de Havilland DH-4 in the NASM collection was the first American-built version of Geoffrey de Havilland's famous British World War I bomber. Although the museum's specimen did not see action during the war, it was a test aircraft for what was to become America's first bomber and the only American-built aircraft to serve with the U.S. Army ...
The restoration of NASM's Halberstadt CL.IV was completed by MVT in June 1991. This object is on display in Pre-1920 Aviation at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA. Single-engine, two-seat, German World War I biplane ground attack aircraft; 160-horsepower Mercedes D.III water-cooled engine.