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		<title>Henri Farman H.F.20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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A woefully underpowered machine, the H.F. 20 Series planes could only be used on observation flights in France. It also served as a trainer, and in secondary theaters, notably in German East Africa where an H.F.22 variant participated in the hunt for the Konigsberg.
Top Speed:  65 m.p.h.
Manufacturer:  Farman Freres
Year:  1914
Engine: 80 h.p. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morane-Saulnier L</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 14:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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How do you fire a machine gun through the arc of a spinning propeller? Early in 1915, aviators engaged in the First World War wanted to solve that problem.  Obviously, the bullets of the machine gun would smash a propeller to bits. So far in the war, German, French, and British airmen had fired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nieuport 28</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 02:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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This late variant of Nieuport&#8217;s biplanes was used mainly by American pilots, notably Eddie Rickenbacker, the French having switched over to Spads.
The Type 28 looked quite different from the earlier Nieuports: it had a longer, rounded fuselage; it dispensed with the sesquiplane configuration (and the associated V struts); and it had rounded, not angular wingtips. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nieuport 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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The most successful of the Nieuport biplanes of WWI, flown by the French, British, Americans, Italians, and Russians. Often referred to in contemporary sources as the &#8220;15 meter&#8221; Nieuport (based on its total wing surface).
During the summer of 1916, many months after the appearance of the Fokker, the French produced the Nieuport 17, armed with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morane-Saulnier N</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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With a distinctive large spinner, the Morane-Saulnier N looks, at least to the modern eye, better than the Parasol Type L, it met with much less success. 
While the Type N was a graceful-looking aircraft, with an advanced, aerodynamic design, it was not easy to fly due to its stiff controls (using wing warping instead [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Martinsyde S.1</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 23:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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Similar to the Sopwith Tabloid, the Martinsyde S.1 also served as an observation airplane in France. It only remained in service until summer of 1915; only 60 were built.


Top Speed:  84 m.p.h.
Manufacturer:  Martinsyde
Year:  1914
Engine: 80 h.p. Gnome rotary
Wingspan:  21 feet 
Weight:  n.a.
Armament:  none
 Martinsyde was a short-lived  British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sopwith Tabloid</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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One of the most notable developments at the end of 1913 was the appearance of the Sopwith &#8216;Tabloid&#8217; tractor biplane. This single-seater, fitted with an 80 horsepower Gnome rotary engine, had the remarkable speed (for those days) of 92 miles an hour. A still more notable feature was that it could remain in level flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>R.A.F. B.E.8</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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This was the last of the B.E. (Bleriot Experimental, and then British Experimental) series built by the Royal Aircraft Factory.  Compared to the B.E.2, it had a more powerful rotary engine, but otherwise was quite similar. It could only carry a 100 lb. (45 kg.) bombload, even less with a two-man crew. A few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol M.1C</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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One of the fastest planes of its time, the  Bristol M.1C monoplane fell victim to official concern about its stability and the perceived hazards of its high landing speed. There seemed to be an official distrust of monoplanes by the British authorities, and the M.1 was much-delayed. Finally some were sent to the  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Airco D.H.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen</dc:creator>
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An unusual-looking biplane with a reverse stagger of the wings, the upper being set back just aft of the cockpit, to allow better visibility for the pilot. The idea was to combine the superior performance of a tractor biplane with the unobstructured pilot&#8217;s forward view of a pusher type.
In May, 1917, No. 24 and No. [...]]]></description>
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