A pilot flying a World War 1 replica plane died at an air show 80 ... of a “highly maneuverable” and formidable German fighter plane with wing structure problems that led to crashes when ...

Dan Snow:Fixed wing planes had been used in a military role before 1914, but WW1 was really when the fighter pilot came into being. And the war was still being fought when, in April 1918 ...

Gaining a baptism of fire as a reconnaissance pilot over the Somme battlefield in 1916, he was later posted to a fighter squadron, where he saw incredible feats of daring and courage in the ...

RED HOOK, N.Y. (AP) — A replica of a World War I-era fighter plane caught fire and crashed ... involving the engine failure of a replica of a WWI French plane he was piloting, according to ...