{"html":"\u003cdiv class=\"timeline-details-description \"\u003e\n  \u003ch4 class=\"js-timeline-anchor timeline-anchor\"\u003eAFC / RFC  operations Western Front / Middle East\u003c/h4\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eAustralian pilots were few and far between in the early years of World War I.  However by War's end they had certainly made their mark.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eNumbers of Australian pilots served with RFC and later RAF units as well as in the Australian Flying Corps.  \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA significant number of these men went on to play key roles in civil and military aviation;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/explore/people/176109\"\u003eSir Charles Kingsford Smith\u003cspan class=\"link-domain\"\u003e (/explore/people/176109)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, Charles Ulm , Sir Patrick Taylor, \u003ca href=\"/explore/people/344326\"\u003eSir Ross\u003cspan class=\"link-domain\"\u003e (/explore/people/344326)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"/explore/people/378603\"\u003eSir Keith Smith\u003cspan class=\"link-domain\"\u003e (/explore/people/378603)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e were just a few among many who shaped aviation in the 20th century and who had 'cut their teeth' in the skies of World War I. \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent under development\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n"}