Feb 24, 2017 #3 buffnut453 Captain 7,978 13,084 Jul 25, 2007 Cambridgeshire, England I see the trend for French planes to be ugly started in the early years of aviation.
Feb 24, 2017 #4 T tyrodtom Senior Master Sergeant 3,538 1,152 Sep 6, 2010 pound va You take away that front gunners gondola you end up with something that closely resembles the later Spad 7 &13. I wonder just how safe that gunner felt ? If the opponents gunfire didn't get him, then a simple hard landing could really be painful.
You take away that front gunners gondola you end up with something that closely resembles the later Spad 7 &13. I wonder just how safe that gunner felt ? If the opponents gunfire didn't get him, then a simple hard landing could really be painful.
Feb 24, 2017 #5 buffnut453 Captain 7,978 13,084 Jul 25, 2007 Cambridgeshire, England There were a couple of designs like this that were tried during WWI. The RFC tried this effort, the BE9 which looks like a modified BE2: It does make me shudder to think of flying (and, worse, fighting) in that machine. Shades of the immortal call of the Wild Weasels "YGBSM!"
There were a couple of designs like this that were tried during WWI. The RFC tried this effort, the BE9 which looks like a modified BE2: It does make me shudder to think of flying (and, worse, fighting) in that machine. Shades of the immortal call of the Wild Weasels "YGBSM!"
Feb 24, 2017 #6 Robert Porter Senior Master Sergeant 3,378 1,047 Sep 9, 2016 Raleigh NC bobsmodelplanes.com Kind of brings new meaning to the term "Cut your nose off to spite your face!"
Feb 24, 2017 #7 T tyrodtom Senior Master Sergeant 3,538 1,152 Sep 6, 2010 pound va I'll bet they weren't over run by troops volunteering to be gunners in those aircraft.
Feb 24, 2017 #8 vikingBerserker Lieutenant General 28,790 4,611 Apr 10, 2009 South Carolina That would require a lot of bourbon!
Feb 26, 2017 Thread starter #9 Snautzer01 Honourably banned 39,933 49,771 Mar 26, 2007 How about this for a model? SPAD VII abgeschossen von Jasta36 am 6.4.1917
Mar 1, 2017 #13 Graeme 1st Sergeant 4,615 2,818 May 31, 2007 tyrodtom said: I wonder just how safe that gunner felt ? Click to expand... The Russian SA.4 experience...
tyrodtom said: I wonder just how safe that gunner felt ? Click to expand... The Russian SA.4 experience...
Mar 1, 2017 #14 Graeme 1st Sergeant 4,615 2,818 May 31, 2007 There was an experimental version of the S2 that replaced the gunner (much to his relief) with a nose containing Hotchkiss MGs and fired by the pilot...
There was an experimental version of the S2 that replaced the gunner (much to his relief) with a nose containing Hotchkiss MGs and fired by the pilot...