Random Cool Photo Thread

[Smithy]

I've never flown any of course but from what I've read and been told over the years was that from the Allied side the Pup and the SE were two of the "easier" to fly.

The Dr.I had that torque turn like the Camel but obviously to a lesser degree. Voss (he was flying an F.I but the same basic aircraft) was famous for using the torque to do a "flat spin". He did this several times during his final duel with 56 Sqn's B Flight to their utter amazement and shock.

Talking of Voss, why not post this, it's a great snap of the great ace in his mount...

 

[Smithy]

...and the man (boy) who shot him down, Arthur Rhys Davids. The WWI historian Alex Revell emailed me back in 2004 wondering if I wanted to buy this signed photo as he knew my interest in Rhys Davids. I was living in Chile at the time and just about to go on vacation in Argentina and I declined.

Forget jackets, this is one thing I really, truly and totally regret. I should have bought it.

 

[Pa12]

I've never flown any of course but from what I've read and been told over the years was that from the Allied side the Pup and the SE were two of the "easier" to fly.

The Dr.I had that torque turn like the Camel but obviously to a lesser degree. Voss (he was flying an F.I but the same basic aircraft) was famous for using the torque to do a "flat spin". He did this several times during his final duel with 56 Sqn's B Flight to their utter amazement and shock.

These guys use the 7/8 Se5a as their “trainer “. He said it’s a joy to fly. I know 2 other guys who own them and both say the same. Well, when I owned one I’d never flown without a big knot in my gut. I’ve been flying 40 years and a dozen or so types and never flown anything that felt like it was bent on killing me. We re rigged it by the numbers several times and could never find any anomalies. I never considered myself an ace , but I had twice the experience of these guys combined. Being a homebuilt I’m now convinced that there were built in problems. My wife constantly harped on me to sell it.She would come to the field every time I flew and park her self in a lawn chair beside the grass runway , convinced something was going to happen. I guess I inherited my old man’s pigheadedness and refused to let it beat me. I could always hear my dad in my head saying “it’s just a fuckin airplane, fly it”. I finally got to the point where I knew what it liked, but I was never comfortable. When I finally got it through my thick skull that I fly for fun, and this is not fun, I sold it. And now it’s in the best place. A museum

 

[Pa12]

...and the man (boy) who shot him down, Arthur Rhys Davids. The WWI historian Alex Revell emailed me back in 2004 wondering if I wanted to buy this signed photo as he knew my interest in Rhys Davids. I was living in Chile at the time and just about to go on vacation in Argentina and I declined.

Forget jackets, this is one thing I really, truly and totally regret. I should have bought it.

Wow

 

[Shanghai-Mayne]