The First War in the Sky │WW1 Plane History

In this video I take you through the history of aviation during the first world war / Great War / WW1. This video was made before I started studying history at University and uses poor methodology. Much of it heavily references Wikipedia. This video is not a reliable source of historical information. I referenced parts of the following videos to write some parts of my script: -TheGreatWar - Bloody April 1917: https://youtu.be/RfMY1j4wXak​ -Real Engineering - The Physics of World War 1 Planes: https://youtu.be/MI08NGCgISE​ -TheGreatWar - Aviation in World War 1: https://youtu.be/s1oxX4Q6ndo​ -Sabaton History - The Red Baron: https://youtu.be/9IXu2zicHWs​ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:30 Prelude 01:30 Early Reconnaissance Planes 03:14 Observation Balloons 04:28 Reconnaissance Planes and Aerial Photography 07:29 Ansaldo SVA V 08:07 Zeppelins 09:05 The Dawn of Aerial Combat 10:23 Early Fighter Aeroplanes 12:40 Early Pusher Fighters 14:14 Early Tractor Fighters 16:28 Early Fighter Units and Aerial Tactics 17:17 Wing-Mounted Machine Guns 17:48 The First Flying Aces 19:04 Air Superiority at Verdun 19:28 1916 Air Superiority 20:39 Stability and Maneuvrability 21:30 The Luftstreitkräfte 23:16 The Red Baron and the Flying Circus 24:20 Early Jasta Aircraft and Tactics 25:17 Bloody April 27:21 Mid 1917 Entente Aircraft 27:57 Sopwith Camel 28:48 Mid 1917 German Aircraft 29:00 Fokker Dr.I 30:17 The German Spring Offensive of 1918 31:49 The American Air Force and the Late War 32:40 Bombers 34:29 Closing Words 34:59 Outro Special Thanks to 1c Game Studios for providing me with a key for Flying Circus Volume I. Get the Game here: https://il2sturmovik.com/store/flying-circus/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1198470/IL2_Sturmovik_Flying_Circus__Volume_I/ Music used: - Beethoven - Symphony No.7 in A major op.92 - II: https://youtu.be/vCHREyE5GzQ - Rich Douglas - Day of Infamy Soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPK477ovAFtUla5kWYiA5cEUNJPWKbtn8 - Sabaton - The Attack of the Dead Men (Soundtrack Version): https://youtu.be/O6MO-WT3p3o - Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture: https://youtu.be/VbxgYlcNxE8