War in the air.

1. War in the air. World War I

2. When...? 1914 - In the first few months of the war, combat between airplanes was unknown; they were used for reconnaissance photographs and some far-sighted aviators could envision using them for bombing. 1915 - Then Tony Fokker, a Dutch airplane builder and entrepreneur working for the Germans, installed interrupter gear, permitting a machine gun to fire through the prop with much more reliability. In 1917, with the introduction of the Albatros. This year also saw the innovative, but short-lived triplanes.

3. AIRSHIPS... Airs ships were used in WWI for bombing, and they were very good at it. Although they made easy target to fighter planes they could destroy a building very quickly. Airships weren’t only used for bombing but were also used for monitoring the enemy. They were also known as ‘BLIMPS’. This tern was originally used to describe a non-rigid airship.

4. Fighter Planes Fighter Planes, the word The word "fighter" was first used to describe a two-seater aircraft with enough lift to carry a machine gun and its operator as well as the pilot. Fighter planes had machine guns but unfortunately they weren’t very accurate. The first fighter belong to the British, a company by the name of British Vickers.

5. Planes... Vickers Gunbus (British) Scout or a “Pusher” Plane used in the war. Captured German Plane Jastas ( German planes)

6. Dog Fights... Dog fights are a form of aerial combat between fighter planes. They called it dog fight from the word melee, a fierce battle between two or more opponents.

7. Great Pilots..... • German ... 40 victories, Oswald Boelke. Had the most successful flight tactic of all the Germans.

8. Billy Bishop... Canadian Billy Bishop, 72 Credited Victories. Bishop was involved in one of the few recorded duels between great aces of the war. In mid-1917, Bishop's squadron had flown a morning patrol.