World War I - National Air and Space Museum
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 …
World War I - National Air and Space Museum
World War I, also known as the First World War or the Great War, began in 1914 and lasted until 1918.
The Birth of Military Aviation | National Air and Space Museum
2024年9月23日 · The Museum has a Fokker D.VII, one of the combat airplanes most feared by Allied pilots during the Great War. Working in the Mary Baker Engen Restoration Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, Museum staff reassembled the German biplane by mating the wing to the fuselag
Albatros D.Va - National Air and Space Museum
Date 1917-1918 Country of Origin Germany Type CRAFT-Aircraft Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke GmbH Physical Description Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 180-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine.
The Technology of World War I | National Air and Space Museum
2017年4月6日 · Military technology has always shaped and defined how wars were fought. The First World War, however, saw a breadth and scale of technological innovation of unprecedented impact. It was the first modern mechanized industrial war in which material resources and manufacturing capability were as consequential as the skill of the troops on the battlefield.
Three Pilots - One War: Commemorating World War I
2015年5月19日 · Starting just 11 years after the invention of powered flight, the Great War was the first major conflict in which pilots and airplanes were involved, experiencing their baptism by fire. At the beginning of the war, military applications of the new technology were barely known. At the end of the war, there was a vast array of fighter planes, reconnaissance planes, and …
Sopwith F.1 Camel - National Air and Space Museum
Single engine, single-seat, WWI biplane fighter, with 130 HP Clerget 9B rotary engine.The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and famous of all WWI aircraft. Camels downed 1,294 enemy aircraft, more than any other Allied fighter in WWI.
World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation
The new World War I: The Birth of Military Aviation exhibition will use fascinating artifacts and the distinctive sights and sounds of early combat aircraft to tell the story of how remarkable people adapted the new technology of the airplane to warfare and changed how the world fights and flies.
Spad XIII "Smith IV" - National Air and Space Museum
Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The fast and rugged Spad XIII was among the most …
Operational Logs of the Lafayette Escadrille
2016年11月29日 · The year 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the “Escadrille Américaine” or the Lafayette Escadrille. Created on December 6, 1916, the Escadrille (or “squadron”) holds a unique place both in the history of World War I (1914-1918) and in the history of aviation overall. Most notably, the Escadrille was composed of American volunteers who chose to fight for …