National Air and Space Museum
World War I Aviation
July 1, 1976 – 1987
This exhibition gallery explores the technological advances of WWI aviation set against a background of a front-line, allied airstrip somewhere in France in 1918.
Highlights include:
- Aircraft: Fokker D VII, Spad VII, Spad XVI, and Albatros D. Va.
- Aerial Maneuvers: Immelmann, chandelle, barrel roll, and snap roll are demonstrated
- Machine gun synchronization device allowed the pilot to fire safely through the spinning propellor disc
