On this Day (WWI aviation news)

[PJ Fisher]

Beware of Female Spies!
(from the Spokane Daily Chronicle, 1918):



(poster printed in 1917)

[PJ Fisher]

British 'Destroyers' top 150mph
(from the Lewiston Evening Journal, 31 March 1917):

[PJ Fisher]

Introducing the Ilya Muromets
(from the Morning Leader, 1914):




For an idea of size, check out IanB's 1/72 in-progress build from 2017: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=1903.0

[PJ Fisher]

This could almost have been an April Fool's post...
(from the Portsmouth Daily Times, 1917):

[PJ Fisher]

Much Allied Aerial Activity
(from the Montreal Daily Mail, 1916):

[Rookie]

These newspaper articles are fun to read, please keep them coming PJ!

Willem

[PJ Fisher]

Glad to hear.  Will do!  Everyone else is welcome to contribute too.

[PJ Fisher]

Zeppelins Guided by Radio
(from Popular Science Monthly, 1918):




Check out MoFo's amazing 3D-printed 1/350 Zepp model: https://forum.ww1aircraftmodels.com/index.php?topic=11834.msg221251#msg221251

[PJ Fisher]

Seaplane Saves Sinking Seaplane
(from the Montreal Gazette, 1916):

[PJ Fisher]

Pégoud Captures Taube
(from the Lewiston Evening Journal, 1915):

[PJ Fisher]

Crashes in Cemetery Carrying Corpse in Coffin
(from the Paterson Press, 1914):



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[PJ Fisher]

Battling Bird Men: Boelke, Immelman, Althaus, Pegoud, Guynemer, Garros, Warneford, Thaw, et al.
(from the Cayuga Chief, 1916):

[PJ Fisher]

Fierce Week-end Fighting over France
(from the Morning Leader, 1916):

[PJ Fisher]

"Fast Eddie", one of America's top race-car drivers and future ace of aces, proposes an elite Aero Squadron comprising motor racers.
(from the Crawfordsville Review, 1917):

[PJ Fisher]

Fighting Fokkers
(from the Evening Independent, 11 April 1918)