Transcript WW1 Weapons - Planes

WW1 Weapons - Planes
Abryanna Hernandez, Jessica Metz,
Christina Misiur, Miles Goitia
Development of Planes
● Wright Brothers - 11 years before
the war
● Realized military potential
● Countries fought to build upon
improvements
Initial Thoughts on Planes
● Planes = useless for war
● No imagination = simple planes
● Inventors were not making “war machines”
How Planes Were Used
● Examining the ground from above
( Examples: Allies attacked gap in
German
lines)
● Bomber Planes
● Fighter Planes
Evolution of Fighting Techniques
● Fighting in the air
● Light wieght bombs → Faster and Heavier
bombs
● Mounted machine guns
interpreter - sync guns and propeller
(Germans)
Impact of the war as a whole
● France, Russia, Great Britian
● United States were least prepared
● Competition- who could make a better war
plane
WW1 planes
advantages of weapons
-air craft helped get a better view of the
enemy
-used for spying
-easy to bomb the trenches
-helped quickly transport the men
disadvantages of weapon
- accidentally blow off own propellers
- the pilots had short life expectancies
- Technology wasn’t advanced therefore it
was usually unsafe
- people were inexperienced with the planes
which led most of them to be experiments
- there was no aerospace medicine
- weather made a serious impact
How has the weapon improved upon
since WWI?
● WWI had biplanes, before WWII
occurred we learned new technology
and switched over to monoplanes
● mono - one wing
● bi - two wings
More Improvements
● WWII allowed planes to
fly at night
● the first aircraft only
needed to watch over
the
war and report on enemies
● first pilots unarmed
● as wars progressed carried handbombs,
Interesting facts
❏ There were approximately 70 different types
of planes in World War 1.
❏ WW1 pilots used to use pistols and carbines
in air to air combat before guns were
installed on planes
❏ In WW1 British and American fighter pilots
were never issued any parachutes because
they were considered cowardly.
Interesting facts
❏ Ormer Locklear, a WW1 pilot, got out of his
plane diagnosed a problem, and repaired it
all while still flying the plane.
❏ WW1 planes used castor oil as engine
lubricant and the pilots suffered from
persistent diarrhea sure to inhaling unburnt
castor oil coming out of the exhaust.
Work Cited
http://www.usaww1.com/World_War_1_Fighter
_Planes.php4
kickassfacts.com/30-kickass-interesting-factsabout-about-world-war-1-part-2/
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/aircraft_world_war_one.htm
http://www.century-offlight.net/Aviation%20history/airplane%20at%20war/Aviation%20at%20the%20Start%20of%20the%20First%20World%20War.htm
http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_i/aviation_and_aircraft_of_ww1.php