Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed a new technology that takes inspiration from WWI fighter ...

A logbook and gun camera photos that belonged to a World War I pilot have been found in a U.K. barn. The incredible artifacts were found in a box that had been in the Leicestershire barn for ...

A rare First World War anti-aircraft gun is set to fire again - 100 years after it successfully repelled a German Zeppelin raid. The three-inch gun, one of only six of its type left in the world ...

Aircraft enthusiast 'sold deadly machine gun to owner of WWI fighter plane' By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 01:08 EDT, 28 January 2010 ...

Borrowing inspiration from the synchronization mechanics of WWI fighter aircraft, this innovation could redefine approaches ...

During WWI, airplanes were still a very new technology. Planes that could fly for extended periods of time were only a few years old, ... Machine guns were a logical complement to aircraft, ...

Equipped with two 7.92mm Spandau light machine guns, the Fokker Dr.I wasn't the fastest aircraft of its time, reaching speeds of around 103 mph, with an operational range of 185 miles.

A lesser-known, but important World War I machine gun, the little Hotchkiss was a useful gun, used by British and Commonwealth troops, the French, and also saw some wartime service with the AEF ...

Armed with a forward-firing .303 Vickers gun, a rear-mounted Lewis gun for the observer, and the capacity to carry up to 130 pounds of bombs, it was a well-equipped multi-role aircraft. Aman Tripathi ...

Falklands donated three aircraft to WW1 effort, and the five Spitfires in WW2. Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 06:09 UTC. ... The observer was armed with one .303 Lewis Machine Gun firing forward.

An early attempt to keep WWI fighter aircraft from blowing their own propellers to bits when firing was to simply add armor plating to the props, which did keep them from being shredded, but also ...

Aviation evolved rapidly during WW1, with modern and more effective aircraft replacing the basic machines that took to the skies in 1914. Dr Peter Gray explores how the aeroplane turned into a ...