One of the reasons why I chose this topic was it seemed appropriate with probably our most prolific poster choosing WWI aircraft as his next project.

While the air war went back and forth with periods of supremacy for one side and slaughter for the other, the nature of the air dimension does make for some very engaging and entertaining wargaming— particularly for group games. While I haven't played a great variety, and no hard-nosed systems either, Wings of War is a game which has had surprising spread in the past (I've even played it after hours at the clubrooms after 40k tournaments in my youth), and I have had tremendously good fun with a homebrew WWI dogfighting system at my old club involving hidden and simultaneous movement planned on a magnetic board. Other posters will, no doubt, be able to offer more serious suggestions to play out the air war, and I'd encourage it. The aerial dimension of the Great War offers high drama to any type of player throughout the conflict.