Allied Planes Of WWI

Smokey · Aug 8, 2005

Here are a few interesting WW1 panes

Hotchkiss 47mm cannon in the nose of a French Tellier flying boat

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/8217/fgun/fgun-bi.html

Bristol M1 monoplane fighter
http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/bristol.html

Bias against monoplanes due to past wing breakages led to this plane being used for training only

Although the M.1C had a superior performance to many of the current RFC front line types, it was not used operationally over the Western Front.

Blackburn Kangaroo

Sank one U Boat and damaged several more

B.A.T. FK.23 Bantam
Fighter with the best performance of its time (post war), 1917
http://www.koolhoven.com/history/airplanes/bat/
http://images.airliners.net

Not WW1, but interesting

Vickers 161, 1931

Designed to carry upward firing cannon in cockpit

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Braas/4037.htm

FLYBOYJ · Aug 8, 2005

Nice!

Glider · Aug 8, 2005

Interesting that it had an upward firing cannon. Pity we didn't remember the lesson

HealzDevo · Mar 28, 2007

Yes, interesting idea the upward firing canon. Shame probably about the reload time...

Gnomey · Mar 28, 2007

Dead thread....