WW1 Bombers

[Bigxiko]

those things were enormous and scary, i would never fly in one of those
afterall there were no parachute at that time, you would have to be very vrave to fly those planes

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

There were parachutes at that time. Most pilots in WW1 did not have them though because there was no room in the cockpit for them.

Parachutes had been around since 1603 when Štefan Banič successfully demonstrated one in Bratislava, Slovakia. Faust Vrančić actually invented a parachute in 1595.

The modern parachute dates back to 1783.

During WW1 most airman equiped with parachutes were in the Balloons or Zeppelins.

Later in 1918 the German Luftwaffe was the first airforce to issue them to all air crew members.

[Bigxiko]

thanks for the information, i was simply basing my theory on the movie "Flyboys"
but still, you've to agree, those huge planes were a little unsafe

[HealzDevo]

I also thought it was because of the dangers that the parachute still held. I mean I can remember that Russian experiments with parachutes and even in America consisted of gathering volunteers and most ended up dying or being disfigured.