Tag: WWI

Gabriele D’Annunzio, in the front seat, and pilot Captain Natale Palli, in the S.V.A. two-seater biplane, ready to take off for the flight over Vienna on 9 August 1918. (Image credit: Army War College, Historical Section. US D.o.D.) On this day,...

Jimmy Doolittle was a man of firsts. First flight across the country. First flight solely by reference to instruments. First successful outside loop. In fact, it could be said that he is, in many ways, responsible for flying as we know...