Heinkel He 70 (Corrected Version, thanks to Shortround6)
This aircraft was Europe's first high-speed airliner in 1932. The Lockheed Orion from the USA had similar flight performance and made its maiden flight a year earlier. When the world's airliners delivered a cruising speed of 220...
Hello Grumpy, the following now. The construction is quite simple, only the transparent part is too big. There's nothing you can do about it. The model is very tail-heavy and will not stand on the tripod, no matter how much ballast you stick in. So I glued the wheels to a piece of cardboard. The...
Short comment on the Caudron CR 714
Excerpt from my work on the Battle of Britain
Desperate for fighter aircraft, the French accepted stopgap solutions such as the Caudron CR 714. Caudron specialized in fast school aircraft rather than military aircraft. Derived from a racing aircraft, this...