World War I
My Enlistment First Principles Learning to Fly The School at Chartres Passing the Final Tests The Zeppelin Raid over Paris At the Ecole de Perfectionnement The Reserve Generale De l'Aviation Ordered to the Front In the Verdun Sector My First Flight over the Lines Co-operating...
My Enlistment First Principles Learning to Fly The School at Chartres Passing the Final Tests The Zeppelin Raid over Paris At the Ecole de Perfectionnement The Reserve Generale...
2. Part 2I witnessed one very sad example. A young lieutenant had just been brevetted and was ready to leave the school. Just as he was saying good-by to his comrades, a "Morane Parasol"...
3. Part 3Since that day I have seen several other pilots experience a loss of speed under similar circumstances. Thanks to the thorough instruction which we had received previous to our...
4. Part 4My first trip was to the aviation school near Bourges, situated on the estates of the Count d'Avord, who has lent the ground to the government for the duration of the war. It is...
5. Part 5It is customary for a pilot to spend two days in Paris before starting for his ordered destination. Officially my leave was due to begin only on the following morning. I decided...
6. Part 6Still another risk is encountered when flying in the clouds. A cloud is dangerous at any time because there may be an enemy--or, in fact, any machine--in it. If you enter the mi...
7. Part 7As far as my own experience at the front is concerned, it was unusually uneventful. My machine was never once hit by shrapnel nor was it attacked by the enemy. In fact, the work...