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#4093785 - 03/19/15 01:40 AM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: Olham]  
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Originally Posted By: Olham
I had no idea that there has been an "Albatros" Taube - great image!

Igo Etrich licensed his Taube design to Rumpler. It was, at the time, the only really flyable airplane of German design. Somewhere along the line, Rumpler and Etrich had a falling out and Rumpler refused to pay any more license fees. Rather than let Rumpler build his design for free, Etrich surrendered his patent claim which put the Taube in the public domain. At once, every German company interested in aviation, rushed to build a Taube. By 1914, there were fourteen companies building Taubes. Including Albatros who even built a biplane version.
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#4093850 - 03/19/15 08:45 AM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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In the first photo of the Dr.1 does anyone know who the pilot and Jasta is? I don't recognize the paint job.
And of more interest anyone have an idea what the square wire frame looking thing is between the Spandau muzzles?
Some type of sighting apparatus? I don't recall seeing it before.

#4093852 - 03/19/15 08:53 AM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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The pilot is Hans Muller, Jasta 15, February 1918. I don´t what about the square wire can be.

BTW, the second Dr.I is from Friedrich Paul Kempf, Jasta 2.

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#4093853 - 03/19/15 09:01 AM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Jim, would it be possible to have inflight pics from any german or allied aircraft? 99% of the pics , obviously, are on the ground, so it would be great to take a look at some flying ones. I have one photo of a Niueport shot at by archie (depicted in "Open Cockpit" book cover by Arthur Gould Lee) and some Fokker E.III over what it looks like winter russian steppes, but not much more.

#4093869 - 03/19/15 11:12 AM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Originally Posted By: JFM
...Thelen teamed up with Helmut Hirth and Hugo Grohmann, and Grohmann is the one who brought the semi-monocoque ideas with him.

Ah, I see - thank you, Jim; and Hauksbee!


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#4093886 - 03/19/15 12:34 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: ArisFuser]  
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Originally Posted By: ArisFuser
Jim, would it be possible to have inflight pics from any german or allied aircraft?














HEY! How'd that get in there? oops

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#4093897 - 03/19/15 12:57 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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WOW! I've never seen pics of flying WW1 planes so clear.... cool.

The more I focus on them, it looks as if they're sitting behind a flying desk or dinning table.... wierd.... not much safety from falling out or protection from the elements.

Do you have any close ups of dogfights....err....I didn't check the last 11 pages to see if you've already posted it?

#4093913 - 03/19/15 01:19 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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NICE!!These kind of pics offer a completely different perspective of WW1 flying, more dynamic, less static.Thanks a lot, I specially like the DH2 cutting the grass.

P.S: the B-26 would have been a valuable asset for the IAF , huh? biggrin

#4093919 - 03/19/15 01:27 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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How 'bout shots of one of the sexiest--that's right, I said "sexiest"!--planes ever? Even the Belgian Hisso versions are sexy.

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#4093927 - 03/19/15 01:44 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Jim;

What is that first flying plane you posted with the dual fuselage look! First thing it reminded me of was a "Mosquito"!

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#4093929 - 03/19/15 01:45 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: ArisFuser]  
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Originally Posted By: ArisFuser
NICE!!These kind of pics offer a completely different perspective of WW1 flying, more dynamic, less static. Thanks a lot, I specially like the DH2 cutting the grass.


I agree. So often we see fuzzy or grainy shots that present a dingy and dirty appearance or overall "look" to the scenes depicted. To me it gives the appearance everything was dark and dirty and very "olden days." Much as does color vs black and white, I feel the clearer and more in-focus a photograph the more the years drop away. Same with seeing clouds. So often we don't see them in WW1 photos because the blue photographs so lightly and the sky and clouds mix together into a formless grey mung. But in a shot like that Albatros C.XII flying over the placid land amongst a backdrop of clouds, that looks like a beautiful day from last summer instead of being from one nearly 100 years ago. If it was in color it would really be magnificent and, to me, ageless. I know there is an old plane in it but old planes don't look old to me. Same with naval vessels. I was looking at a photo of USS Hornet CV-8 at a dock and a lot of cars were visible. THEY looked old to me but the carrier didn't. I'm just weird that way.

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P.S: the B-26 would have been a valuable asset for the IAF , huh? biggrin


Now that you mention it, it would have been, literally, invincible! Except maybe to flak.

#4093932 - 03/19/15 01:56 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: Robert_Wiggins]  
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Originally Posted By: Robert_Wiggins
Jim;

What is that first flying plane you posted with the dual fuselage look! First thing it reminded me of was a "Mosquito"!

Best Regards;


That is an AGO C.II, single-engine (220 hp Benz) twin-boom pusher. Early-war recon. Here's one at Hannover:



Love to see these in WOFF!


EDIT: Anybody recognize that photo's location?

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#4093945 - 03/19/15 02:26 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Wow, tons of new photographies - excellent stuff again!
I understand that you find the RE.8 sexy. Sexy in a special way. The S.E.5a is also
not the "true amazing beauty" - but for me she is a sexy British bird, definitely.


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#4093967 - 03/19/15 03:38 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Absolutely impressive, what you assembled, here :-)

Okay, I say Boelcke in an EIV LOL

#4093968 - 03/19/15 03:42 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: Nietzsche]  
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Originally Posted By: Nietzsche
Okay, I say Boelcke in an EIV...

Why not "early German aces with their Eindeckers?
Immelmann, Frankl, Althaus - do any pics exist of them so early?


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#4093987 - 03/19/15 04:03 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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I want to see Boelcke's Face after the first Test-Flight cuss2 biggrin

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#4094081 - 03/19/15 08:23 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: Nietzsche]  
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Originally Posted By: Nietzsche


Okay, I say Boelcke in an EIV LOL



#4094083 - 03/19/15 08:29 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: Olham]  
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Originally Posted By: Olham
Why not "early German aces with their Eindeckers?
Immelmann, Frankl, Althaus - do any pics exist of them so early?


Althaus



Boelcke


Boelcke and friend


Höhndorf


Immelmann


Parschau


Parschau


Wintgens


Wintgens

#4094085 - 03/19/15 08:36 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Wow, they are all great! Yeah, I forgot Parschau and Wintgens.
What impresses me most is the size of the Eindecker rotary - Boelcke in front
of it seems almost like a dwarf...


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#4094116 - 03/19/15 10:00 PM Re: OT: You Say/I Say [Re: JFM]  
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Picture of Boelcke with a nurse named Blanca. No info on when and where they met.


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