Development of German Warplanes in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes and Seaplanes (Great War Aviation Centennial Series)

This book describes and illustrates the development of German warplanes in WWI with text, photos, color illustrations, and 30 tables of information including front-line inventories of aircraft by date and specific type. The origins and evolution of each warplane class or category, such as fighters, bombers, and reconnaissance planes are discussed in chapters for each category. Aero engines are also discussed, together with procurement decisions and production quantities. German aviation production and procurement strategies are discussed in the context of the German strategic situation. The three German Fighter Competitions are discussed in particular detail, including all the participating aircraft and their engines. The book is illustrated by 200 rare, contemporary photos, 12 color photos, and 62 color profiles. The book is of interest to aviation historians, enthusiasts, and modelers.

Jack Herris has a long history with aviation. His parents started dating while car-pooling together to North American Aviation during WW2. Jack’s father built P-51s, including parts for the first P-51 Mustang ever built, and his mother built B-25s. In 1971 Jack graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics. He then served as a Naval Aviator, flying P-3B Orion aircraft with VP-46. After leaving the Navy he worked in the Laser Fusion Program at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, then worked in the high tech industry in Silicon Valley. He holds CFI, CFI-I, CFI-ME, ATP, and Learjet type ratings. Jack is a long-time member of the League of WWI Aviation Historians, and before that the Cross & Cockade Society, and has written more than a dozen articles on WWI aircraft published in the quarterly journal Over the Front and has edited several issues of that journal. He brings insight into these aircraft both from his engineering and military pilot experience. In 1992 he founded Flying Machines Press to publish aviation history books and after publishing a number of titles, sold Flying Machines Press in 2000. He became a repeat offender by starting Aeronaut Books, which published its first two new aviation books in 2010. For more information, see the website at www.aeronautbooks.com. Jack writes monthly articles on WWI airplanes for Model Aircraft magazine published in the UK, and has written the following books on WWI aircraft: SPAD Two-Seat Fighters of World War I Aircraft of WWI: 1914–1918 Development of German Warplanes in WWI German Seaplane Fighters of WWI Nachtflugzeug! German N-Types of WWI German Armored Warplanes of WWI Pfalz Aircraft of World War I Gotha Aircraft of World War I Germany’s Triplane Craze Germany’s Fighter Competitions of 1918