Barely more than 10 years after the Wright brothers flew at Kittyhawk, North Carolina; World War I thrust aviation into warfare. Aviation was still in its infancyaircraft designers and pilots were still learning about the most basic aerodynamics: the how and why airplanes actually fly With the start of the war, pilots not only had to worry about the aircraft and if it would actually fly, they had to worry about fighting each other in the sky The airmen of World War I flew in open, exposed cockpits; often at altitudes that would cause frostbite on any uncovered portion of the pilot's skin....