Top Speed: 78 m.p.h.
Manufacturer: Royal Aircraft Factory
Year: 1914
Engine: 120 h.p. Beardmore 6-cylinder inline
Wingspan: 44 feet 6 inches
Weight: n.a.
Armament: 60 lbs. of bombs
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R.A.F. R.E.5
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
Spad S.XIII
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
One of the best fighters of World War One, widely used by French, American, and other Allied squadrons, 8,472 being produced.
In 1916 a new generation of German fighters threatened to win air superiority over the Western Front. The French aircraft company, Société pour l’Aviation et ses Dérives (SPAD), responded by developing a replacement for its [...]
Spad S.VII
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
The famed American volunteers of the French Lafayette Escadrille were flying the SPAD VII in February 1918 at the time they transferred to the U.S. Army Air Service, becoming the 103rd Aero Squadron. Several other U.S. units also used the SPAD VII, although most American Expeditionary Force (AEF) fighter squadrons were equipped with the improved version, [...]
Main Website Updates
Saturday, December 13th, 2008
I have added a lot to the main website recently:
December, 2008
Created pages for WW2 stuff: WW2 movies, WW2 music, WW2 games,
Created a page on WW2 in color photographs
Created a page on WW2 Museums
Added a section on WW2 Weapons
Greatly expanded the Pictures of World War Two section
November, 2008
Re-organized the U.S. Military Medals section
Added several pages about [...]
Supermarine Spitfire
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Probably the most famous British aircraft of all time, the great fighter played a secondary role in the Battle of Britain to the less glamourous Hawker Hurricane. But the Spitfire’s elegant looks, excellent handling characteristics, and huge production give it a unique place in aviation history. There was a bit of happenstance in the Spitfire’s [...]
Henri Farman H.F.20
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
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. [...]
F-86D
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Here is a photo of an F-86D, with pilot Frank Malone, submitted for identification by his niece.
D.F.W. BI
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
Top Speed: 75 m.p.h.
Manufacturer: Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke
Year: 1914
Engine: 100 h.p. Mercedes 6-cylinder
Wingspan: 45 feet 11 inches
Weight: 2,233 lb.
Armament: none
Loss of the C-5
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
The American Navy dirigible or blimp C-5 left Montauk Point on May 14, 1919 in an attempt to cross the Atlantic by way of Halifax, where it arrived at 10 o’clock on the morning of May 16th, after being in the air almost 26 hours. A perfect landing was made at the Pleasantville base [...]