How WWI Gave Birth to the Age of Flight
Between 1903 and 1918, aviation changed from a pastime of hair-brained inventors to a technology that promised to shrink the world. The change was part inevitability and part good timing: the airplane was born and reached maturity in the years before the First World War, the first shots of which were fired 200 years ago this year. The conflict served to drive money and minds to bettering the nascent technology with the result being airplanes dominating the war-time skies.
Continue Reading http://motherboard.vice.com
Join the Discussion