Jordan Golson Gear Aug 14, 2014 6:30 AM The Humble WWI Biplane That Helped Launch Commercial Flight. World War I was shaped by the new vehicles developed during the fours years of conflict. A century after the start of the war, we’re looking back at the most remarkable planes, cars, tanks, zeppelins it helped bring about. Aviation was in its infancy at the start of World War I, but it had revolutionized […] . . ...