World War 1 and aviation history: the director recommends
Introduction to World War 1 and aviation history, as recommended by Andy Parks, pilot, aircraft builder, relative of WWI instructor pilot Victor Parks, grandson of WWI artilleryman Charles Parks, and son of Dr. James Parks, who collected the core of what is now the Vintage Aero Flying Museum. In other words, Andy Parks really knows WWI history and airplanes! He suggests starting with:
Books:
- Horses Don't Fly: A Memoir of World War I by Frederick Libby
- Combat Report by Bill Lambert
- Black Swallow of Death by P. J. Carisella and James W. Ryan
- 147th Aero Squadron in WWI: A Training and Combat History of the "Who Said Rats" Squadron by Jack Stokes Ballard and James John Parks
- War Bird Ace: The Great War Exploits of Capt. Field E. Kindley by Jack Stokes Ballard
- War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator by John MacGavock Grider
Movies:
- The Blue Max (1966)
- Aces High (1976)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Attack of the Hawkmen (1995)
- Three Comrades (1938)
- Drei Kameraden (Three Comrades)