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.
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.
The Birth of Military Aviation | National Air and Space Museum
2024年9月23日 · Another interactive walks museum-goers through the evolution of reconnaissance aircraft through three real-world episodes: Mons (1914), Verdun (1916), and Saint-Mihiel (1918). A simulation of a trench environment, including periscopes, enables visitors to see and hear how aircraft supported troops along the front.
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.
Spad XIII "Smith IV" - National Air and Space Museum
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.
Sweet Moments in a Sopwith | National Air and Space Museum
2012年1月13日 · Peter Jakab about to make his dream flight in a WWI Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter. The rotary aircraft engine was an imaginative design that emerged just after the birth of flight, was the power plant for many of the most famous aircraft in the pioneer era through World War I, and was obsolete by 1920. Most engines, be they in-line, V-arrangement, or radial (cylinders in star …
Technical and Scale Drawings | National Air and Space Museum
Nicholas Van de Grift Karstens Aircraft Drawings 1903 Wright Flyer Drawings Waco Aircraft Company Drawings Fairchild Model 24 Drawings U.S. Navy Recognition Model Plans Aeronca Factory Drawings Mooney Mite Aircraft Drawings Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet Drawings. Drawings on Microfilm ***16mm and 35mm microfilm reproduction is currently ...
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.
Fokker D.VII - National Air and Space Museum
The high regard for the aircraft was demonstrated in the Armistice agreement ending the war which required that all Fokker D.VII aircraft immediately be surrendered. Date 1918 Country of Origin Germany Type CRAFT-Aircraft Manufacturer Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke GmbH Physical Description Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane ...