Camouflage has been an evolving aspect of military aviation since the dawn of flight. While often overshadowed by firepower ...

He achieved all of his victories flying the HD.1, and while it wasn't one of the top WWI fighter aircraft, it was a formidable plane. On one occasion, Coppens engaged a balloon in an unusual tactic.

Object Details Artist Louis Icart Physical Description Hand colored drypoint print on paper depicting an airborne French World War I aircraft with a front-mounted machine gun and military roundels; a ...

The idea of using three wings dates long before the beginning of the war. In 1909, Alliot Verdon Roe became the first British pilot to fly an entirely British aircraft, which was a triplane.