The War in the Air

Airplanes

Both sides realized that ariel warfare had great potential.
However there wasn't good enough technology at the time.
It wasn't very influential to the fighting.
The planes were first only used for scouting.
The relations between opposing pilots were initially quite friendly.
The pilots would attempt to shoot each other with revolvers once the conflict was in full swing, and grudges were strong.
However later the synchronizer would be developed, allowing machine guns to shoot through propellors.
This would lead to "dogfights" in the sky.
Planes were also used for bombing.

Zeppelins were also used in the war for bombing, but due to being very large targets and highly flammable, they could only do so during the night.
This was because zeppelins were filled with hydrogen, instead of the far safer yet more expensive helium.
Smaller zeppelins were used for scouting.

Zeppelins would be used as luxury transport for some time, however the infamous Hindenburg Disaster which led to the deaths of 35 people in 1937 would end the zeppelins career.

Manfred von Richthofen, more commonly known as the "Red Baron" is the most famous pilot of the Great War.
He was known for his bright red colored plane.
He would eventually be downed.

Hermann Göring was a famous German pilot in the Great War that later became the leader of the Luftwaffe during World War II.