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These photographs were taken during biplane training flights just before and after the United States entered World War I, in San Diego, Calif., and San Antonio, Texas.
Most of the pictures were taken by the pilot of the second man in a plane, usually the flying instructor; a few of the images were taken by the pilot. All the pictures were taken during flights at training airfields
As you can see, most of the instructors were no older than the pilots they were guiding.
While both mono-winged and bi-winged planes were developed during the early years of the 20th century, by 1914 it was the biplane which had become the focus for aeronautic activity, its pair of wings giving it both greater strength and enhanced maneuverability. Read more...
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