WW1 Aircraft pictures I hadn't seen before

[Olham]

Here is the link to Thomas Genth's website with many intersting pictures and background.

 

Note the battle damage on the Albatros D V.

 

(You will also find great pictures of WW2 aircraft)

 

http://www.thomasgenth.de/html/albatros_d_va.html

 

 

Edited March 21, 2010 by Olham

[Von Paulus]

Nice site Olham.

Thanks for sharing.

[carrick58]

Cool thanks

[Morris]

thank you elite member of JASTA 6

[Duce Lewis]

Nice website, lot of great pics

I like that Alb DVa skin with the eagle

Is it in OFF?

Edited March 23, 2010 by Duce Lewis

[catch]

Now Mahlo if I can just take your mind off the Albatros for one minute, read up about Hugo Junkers. Now he was innovative !

 

Junkers 1915 all metal cantilever monoplane. What might have been had he been able to sell himself like that artful dodger Fokker.

 

[Olham]

Catch: Now Mahlo if I can just take your mind off the Albatros for one minute...

 

Wow - never seen that one! Thanks for sharing, Catch.

Do you have data about it (speed etc.)?

 

Yeah, like in every army, there are often people how manage to sell their planes

better than other guys, who may have the better planes.

The early Bf 109 had a competitor, a Heinkel fighter design, which was the better

pure fighter in Udet's oppinion.

But the Luftwaffe took the other, cause it was more able to do multi-purpose stuff.

 

Then, there were also wrong decisions about aircraft like the Me 262 jet fighter.

A perfect bomber interceptor was used as a short range bomber - one of those

decisions of the GroeFaZ.*

 

(* Groesster Feldherr aller Zeiten = greatest field marshall of all times)

Edited March 22, 2010 by Olham

[UK_Widowmaker]

Yes, great site (think I may have a stab at doing the Black DFW )

[Morris]

Dear Widowmaker,

 

these boys with there Rumpler will scare the crap out of any pilot trying to shoot them down while taking photos over enemy lines.

Edited March 22, 2010 by Morris

[foreigndevil]

Nice pictures on that website! Thanks for the HU!