The world's first remote controls were radio-frequency devices that directed German naval vessels to crash into Allied boats during WWI. In WWII, remote controls detonated bombs for the first time. The end of the great wars left scientists with a brilliant technology and nowhere to apply it. ...
Using old and not-so-reliable World War I surplus planes, the United States Postal Service was determined to figure out how to fly mail from coast to coast saving up to a month of travel time if they were successful. At the little Medicine Bow airport there isa cement arrow, pointing the...
In the summer of 1932, Congress denied military veterans an immediate bonus payment for participation in WWI. "Bonus Marchers" numbering more than 20,000 remained in Washington after this decision, demonstrating discontent so much that President Herbert Hoover called for the Army's help. Hundreds ...
In the summer of 1932, Congress denied military veterans an immediate bonus payment for participation in WWI. "Bonus Marchers" numbering more than 20,000 remained in Washington after this decision, demonstrating discontent so much that President Herbert Hoover called for the Army's help. Hundreds ...
I started building models in 1946 (6 years old) and never stopped. My favorites are WWI & WWII planes followed by Sailing Ships. I'm still learning. Stay safe. Jim Main WIP: On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II ...
Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916.He downed ten enemy planes,outlived his entire squadron(中队) as a WWI flyer,spent some time as a flying instructor in England,then returned to the front,where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in Dec...
https://twitter.com/WWILivesLost/status/1084083174072872960 2. The Vic’s rigid structure made collisions frequent Vic formations were so tight that the wingmen must always watch the lead plane, often at the expense of monitoring enemy planes. ...
the start of the war, we’re looking back at the most remarkable vehicles—the planes, cars, tanks, ships, and zeppelins—it helped bring about . for british merchant vessels operating during world war i, few things were so terrifying as the submarine. the german navy used the untersee...
The world's first remote controls were radio-frequency devices that directed German naval vessels to crash into Allied boats during WWI. In WWII, remote controls detonated bombs for the first time. The end of the great wars left scientists with a brilliant technology and nowhere to apply it. ...
were so confident they had won the air war that Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham announced that Bari was all but immune from attack. “I would regard it as a personal affront and insult if the Luftwaffe should attempt any significant action in this area,” he said that day at a press co...