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Work in progress ' Eastah Aigg'

Some things don't change then mate,my family are still fighting each other

Well done Rickity, you needn't of worried about me, i'am on the nightshift for the next two weeks so only got 1 hour to mull over the pic,mind you i did think about throwing a sicky.... but if i had i still wouldn't of got this one...

Thats great mate,i'am trying to do the barbers pole but can't get the strips right on the fuselage yet.Rickitycrate will love this... a work of art.

Hi Diveguy thats fantastic to have history in the family like that must be every OFF'ers dream. Is their a skin in the sim for him? If you can read French try this site it as some more info on your uncle membres.lycos.fr/asduciel/jasta11.htm Also did you know he shot down Leefe Robinson ? check this out http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1952/1952%20-%203218.html

Hi chaps i think it's a Nieuport-Delage Madon. It did not have any design flaws which eliminated these aircraft as a next generation of French fighters except one – a rotary engine. These types of engines had reached an end of its development in 1918 and become – one can say – outmoded. French authorities preferred modern generation of biplane designs fitted with more powerful inline engines like Ni-29. Besides, I suspect that classic contemporary biplane had comparable or slightly better performance but was more agile than the monoplane. There were two prototypes built. Wingspan 9.40mLength:6.40m Wing area:17.50m²Crew 1 Empty weight:433 kgTotal weight:703 kgEngine:1 Gmome 9N 180 hp Maximum speed:220 km / h Armament:2 Vickers machine guns synchronized to 7.7 mm, 1 box shot in the axis of the helix

Hi Chaps, No 38 is a Belgain air force Nieuport 23. The main defference's between the 17 and the 23 were that the 23 had a light weight version of the LeRhone 9J engine fitted that gave it a better power to weight ratio.Also a single Vickers machine gun was fitted sync'd to fire through the prop.One interesting fact is that the RFC ordered all it's 23's with only a Lewis gun fitted above the wing? General characteristics Crew: 1, pilot Length: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in) Wingspan: 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in) Height: 2.40 m (7 ft 11 in) Wing area: 14.8 m² ( ft²) Empty weight: 355 kg (781 lb) Gross weight: 574 kg (1,263 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9Jb, 90 kW (120 hp) Performance Maximum speed: 168 km/h (105 mph) Endurance: 1 hours 7 min Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,000 ft) Rate of climb: 5.8 m/s (1,100 ft/min) Armament 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine gun

Great stuff, keep it coming

Nice one cptroyce it's interesting to see them from the air.

Looking good like always thanks Pol.

The power of google

Flynn is this your grandfather ?

Here's so nice drawings of the inner workings of a Nieup 17 www.wwi-models.org/Images/Miller/render/Nieuport/index.html

HI, No 39 is the Handley Page Type O/100 Which fell in to German hands ? The first bomber squadron of the HP O/100 was formed in August 1916 and was deployed on the Western Front in November 1916 by 7A Squadron, RNAS, stationed at Dunkirk, France. Construction: bi-plane; wings with a parasol type bracing towards the end of the upper wing and a bi-plane tail; wooden frame covered with doped fabric (linen); glazed cockpit and armoured plating to protect the crew and engines. The complete bi-plane wing folded to a maximum width of 34ft (10.4m) and height of 18ft (5.5m) thus facilitating under-cover storage. Crew: four or five – pilot, observer and two or three gunners. Engines: two Rolls Royce 260hp Eagle II, V-12 cylinder, water-cooled, mounted in two nacelles, situated between the wings one on each side of the fuselage and powering tractor propellers. The fuel tanks were located in the engine nacelles. Dimensions: wingspan = 100ft (30.5m); length = 62.8ft (19.1m); height = 22.0ft (6.7m). Speed: 76mph (122kph) at 6,500ft (1850m). Operational ceiling: 8,500ft (2,590m) Armament: one or two 0.303in (7.7mm) Lewis guns mounted in each of the forward, dorsal and ventral gun turrets – total three to six guns. Maximum bomb load: 6,000lbs (2,700kg) carried in internal bomb bay as eight 250lb (93kg) bombs, or sixteen 112lb (42kg) bombs plus a 1,650lb (616kg) bomb carried externally. The first prototype flew on 7 December 1915, but was found to be overweight. Accordingly, the cockpit glazing and armoured plate was removed in the second prototype which first flew in April 1916. This type became the production model and a total of 42 production The HP O/100 first saw service in a night attack on the 16/17 March 1917, when a single aircraft attacked a German railway station at Moulin-lès-Metz in occupied France. Also daylight attacks began including a successful attack on a German destroyer in April 1917. However, due to a loss of an aircraft to German fighters, the HP O/100 was restricted to night attacks, usually by single aircraft, whilst the targets were changed to enemy-occupied Channel ports, airfields and the railway system. Other deployments were anti-U-boat patrols in British waters and to Greece where a HP O/100 based at Mudros, Lemnos attacked Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire One HP O/100 fell into German hands in January 1917 when it strayed behind enemy lines, but it subsequently crashed whilst being test-flown The HP O/100 was successfully flown throughout the war but was superseded by a more powerful engined Type, with some additional technical modifications, the HP O/400. Handley Page Type O/400 (hereafter HP O/400) The more notable specification changes of this Type were: Engines: two 360hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII, V-12. Other compatible engines were used i.e. Liberty (USA), Sunbeam Maori and Cossack (British) and Fiat (Italian). Fuel tanks: relocated from the two engine nacelles to the fuselage. Speed: 97mph (156kph).

Great mate what more could a Forest fan want, a game where you shoot sheep.......

Well done Olham

Welcome abord itifonhom, the fun has only just begun.

Thanks chaps for your gamesmanship, this is what makes this forum so special.

Alas it could be to little to late, i'am off following my other passion in life for four days starting friday ( golfing ) so will miss the end, but there's always next time.. or may be a internet connection at the golf club..............................

Lucky,i'd just refreshed the forum when you posted......

Hi Lou it's a A Sopwith Cuckoo releases its deadly cargo In June 1918 the Admiralty sent the prototype of the Sopwith Cuckoo, the T.1to East Fortune for evaluation against the Blackburn Blackburd and Short Shirl for a torpedo-dropping aeroplane suitable for squadron service. The Cuckoo was the preferred type and was largely constructed by Blackburn at Brough in Yorkshire, who designed the depth setting mechanism for the torpedo slung under the fuselage. By July 1918, crews were being trained for a daring mission proposed by Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty. The aircraft carrier HMS Argus would launch her Cuckoos against the German High Seas Fleet at anchor on the Jade River at Wilhelmshaven. To train the crews in torpedo bombing techniques, No.1 Torpedo Training School was set up, this was re-numbered 201 Training Squadron in August, the Fleet and Torpedo Pilot Finishing School was also formed but moved to Leuchars, near St. Andrews the following month. The Royal Air Force's first torpedo-dropping squadron, 185 Squadron was declared ready for service at East Fortune with the Cuckoo for operations from HMS Argus, but disbanded on April 14 1919. History has shown that the Great War ended before this risky operation went ahead, this mission was the model for the successful attack on the Italian fleet anchored in Taranto Harbour by aircraft carrier based Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers on the night of November 11th 1940. The stream behind the torpedo is a red dye for tracing its track in the water

A 1916 Bird Strike, the First Captured on Film.