How One Crash Caused Thousands of Casualties for the French Army in WW1 (Patreon)

How One Crash Caused Thousands of Casualties for the French Army in WW1

Get an entire year of both CuriosityStream and Nebula for just $14.79 here: https://curiositystream.com/paperskies May 21, 1911. More than two hundred thousand people gathered at the Issy-les-Moulineaux airfield in the south of Paris, to celebrate the start of the big air race. In less than an hour after the start, the event was overshadowed by a tragedy - right after takeoff one of the planes crashed into the crowd, killing one of the spectators. This one crash of a tiny airplane in 1911 cost France not just the life of a single spectator but, arguably, the deaths and injuries of tens of thousands of French soldiers on the battlefields of WWI. If you want to HELP me WITH NEW EPISODES you can support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PaperSkies or simply Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/PaperSkies Chapters: 00:00 - What if ... ? 02:55 - PLANES, MOTORCYCLES AND AUTOMOBILES 05:21 - PLANES, PEOPLE AND HORSES 09:05 - LA TENUE RESEDA Paper Skies - amazing stories about famous airplanes, historical events, or exceptional people that have changed the world of aviation or turned out to be unfairly forgotten. Click to Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmEz-Q8w4meSGoQdd-cQBw/?sub_confirmation=1 All content on Paper Skies is presented in historical context for educational purposes. Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/ Music: https://www.epidemicsound.com #aviation #history #skies