WW1 aircraft

[johnbr]

World War I, Aircraft Comparison; Morane-Saulnier Type AI, Mo.S.30 E1; SPAD XIII (S.13); Sopwith Dolphin (5.F.1) Mk.III Prototype; Bristol Fighter F.2A (Brisfit); Nieuport 28 C1; Sopwith Camel F.1; Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a; Salmso

 

[Wurger]

 

[Elvis]

Man, that Nieuport was such a clean design.
Beautiful planes.
I understand the Bristol fighter was actually quite feared by the Germans.

 

[Gnomey]

Good stuff!

 

[Wurger]

Sopwith Pup

Sopwith Camel F.1

 

[The Basket]

I do find ww1 more interesting than ww2.
The aircraft seem far more interesting.
Not saying Snipe is better than Spitfire but that a Snipe was the F-35 of its day.
And that is crazy.

 

[Wurger]

Sopwith Snipe

Sopwith Dragon

 

[Wurger]

Sopwith Camel

Sopwith Triplane

 

[Wurger]

Sopwith Triplane

 

[Wurger]

Sopwith Triplane

Sopwith 1½ Strutter

 

[Wurger]

Nieuport 11

Nieuport 17

 

[Wurger]

Spad S.VII C-1

 

[Wurger]

Spad S.XIII C-1

 

[Graeme]

The unusual A.D Scout (Sparrow)

AD Scout - Wikipedia

Seen this photo in three sources and in all three the captionist ignores the guy in "flight"....any ideas?

 

[nuuumannn]

Hmm, maybe he's repelled by the sheer ridiculousness of the machine? It looks like he's dismounting from it rather awkwardly and the photographer's caught him mid fall.

 

[parsifal]

For the best, I think it gets down to either the SE5a or the Fokker DVII. Neither of these designs had the most impact. that honor probably falls to the Camel or the Nieuport 17

Nieuport Aircraft

or


World War 1 Aircraft (1914-1918) - Combat Airplanes of The Great War

 

[parsifal]

In the modelling section we recently completed a build that included some WWI aircraft. sadly the turnout was not all that enthusiastic. I think most of the model makers are put off by the prospect of biplane rigging. its a pity, because the WWI aircraft are a very interesting bunch.

 

[Graeme]

WWI aircraft are a very interesting bunch.

They sure are!

 

[Elvis]

In the modelling section we recently completed a build that included some WWI aircraft. sadly the turnout was not all that enthusiastic. I think most of the model makers are put off by the prospect of biplane rigging. its a pity, because the WWI aircraft are a very interesting bunch.

What amazes me about the world wars was the rate of development of aircraft.
As with WWII, where we went from biplanes to jets, the first world war took us from "motorized kites" to practical aircraft.
Nothing like a good ol' war to accelerate the advancement of technology!

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Wurger & Graeme,

Great set of pics! Thank you for posting those!

 

[Elvis]

For the best, I think it gets down to either the SE5a or the Fokker DVII. Neither of these designs had the most impact. that honor probably falls to the Camel or the Nieuport 17

Nieuport Aircraft

or


World War 1 Aircraft (1914-1918) - Combat Airplanes of The Great War

Another impactful design was....

The Fokker Eindecker