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Odd thing on Albatros wing...

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Here's a shot of the DV at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. This could be the same plane Olham posted a picture of.

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Hello,

 

That last plane is a D.Va replica ("D5a 5636/17" is stenciled on the starboard forward gear strut, which falls within the second D.Va production batch, and there are no aileron cables ahead of the cockpit running up to the wing) but it's painted as a Jasta 5 D.V. Still, those photos all show the radiator handles nicely.

 

Regarding radiators, another interesting tidbit in this NASM Albatros book is that during initial climb-out, "...the water for engine cooling heated and expanded, and the excess vented overboard from the radiator that was imbedded in the center section of the top wing. This caused vapor to stream overhead and trail behind the airplane until the excess was gone."

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