Pfalz Aircraft Production

[+Olham]

Some 93 years ago, the people on these photographs were living people of flesh and blood.

They were building the Pfalz scouts during 10 or even 12 hours, six days a week.

 

I found these pics in a website OvS once had found, and I had some of these pics shown here

before. But now, these are all nine pictures there were. Interesting pics, because of the aircraft

assembly - or because of such sentimental moods I sometimes have. Enjoy!

 

 

[+Hasse Wind]

Great pics. They don't make aircraft like that anymore.

[+Olham]

So true! I was mostly wondering about how thin the plywood was on the tail plane!

[+Hasse Wind]

And yet many of those crates were really tough. Like the Pfalzes in the pics. Wood is a wonderful material. And those carpenters and other workers were masters of the art.

[Lewie]

It was the precursor to stressed skin construction of WWII aircraft with Aluminum sheet. Actually the DH Mosquito wasn't too far removed from this construction technique.

[+RAF_Louvert]

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Great pics Olham. I've seen similiar ones before, but I don't believe I could ever get enough of such details. TKS for posting them Sir.

 

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[Lewie]

Back when Memorial Flight, the Musee 'd Air workshop that restores and builds new/old WWI aircraft, found their LVG CV, they had disassembled all of the fuselage formers, took photos of them layed out on the concrete of the shop floor. It was pretty interesting how cleverly the fuselage was shaped around these formers. Quite a few German aircraft from WWi were made of a "molded' type of plywood skin like the Pfalz.

 

Great series of images btw thank you.

[UK_Widowmaker]

Ah..the Pfalz

 

Looks like a fish...Moves like a Fish...Steers like a Cow!....so hard to dogfight in using my turning style!...I'd be dead in minutes

Edited February 22, 2011 by UK_Widowmaker