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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #15 on: October 19, 2007, 03:59:55 PM »
Hey hey hey- now you shock me  :-eek what is the camouflage patternunder the wings and on the wing top side? never seen this image before  :-think Thank you for this nice add  :-clap :-ok

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2007, 09:52:42 PM »
Thanks for the pictures and yes! what an interesting paint on this H.P. !

I must confess that I forget this one :



Caproni Ca.3 (1916 but before the H.P.) [here its derivative Ca 36]
11 m (L) x 23 m (W)
800 kg of bomb load

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #17 on: October 26, 2007, 03:35:29 AM »
 :-wise

The US did not produce many planes for use in WWI.  One that they planned to build was the Caproni bomber to be pwered by the V 12 Liberty motors of 400 HP each.  I don't know if any ever reached the front.  We did build some DH 4's, again with the 400HP Liberty.  Another Liberty development was a 300 HP V8 which would have equipped American built SE5's.  In any event the v8 was a bust and the proposed producton never materialized.  The Brits have always claimed that the DH4's equipped with the 375 HP Rolls Royce Eagle was superior to the US built machine.
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #18 on: October 27, 2007, 02:08:41 PM »
Zeppelin-Staaken Cockpit? Look at the helmets. Remind me of french army helmet.
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #19 on: October 27, 2007, 02:17:04 PM »
Must say that image is very interesting  ;) This "hard" helmets are made from tan and leather. They give better protection during the crash landing. I hear that many of Yugoslav Kingdom pilots had artificial teeth. Reason was that they lost its own during emergency braking or crash landings.

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Re: First of the heavies
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2008, 12:06:28 AM »
Could it be Handley Page civilian transport version? :-wave

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2008, 12:22:38 PM »
Could it be Handley Page civilian transport version? :-wave
Handley Page Hyderabad

The Hyderabad was designed to meet a specification issued in 1922 for a Vimy replacement. The aircraft itself was a bomber development of a Handley Page commercial airliner, the W8, and took to the air on its maiden flight in October 1923. Fifteen production aircraft were ordered and these entered service with No 99 Squadron in late 1925. A second order for Hyderabads was placed to equip No 10 Squadron and these began to arrive from January 1928 onwards. Retired from front-line service by March 1931, the aircraft did fly with two Special Reserve Squadrons (Nos 502 (Ulster) and 503 (County of Lincoln)) until 1933.

Length: 59ft 2in (18.03m) Span: 75ft 0in (22.86m) Height: 16ft 9in (5.11m) Max Speed: 109mph (175km/h) Engines: Two 500hp Napier Lion V Bombload: 1,100lb (499kg) Armament: Three .303in Lewis guns (one each in nose, mid-upper and -lower positions).


Source - RAF Website - http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/bc_aircraft2.html
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2008, 01:41:19 PM »
Very interesting. I could see its Handley Page but not which  :-ok

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2008, 08:38:19 PM »
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I don't have a picture, but wouldn't the Gotha, AEG, and similar planes be the first heavies to be used in any significant numbers?
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2008, 09:01:24 PM »
You are right Leo but Srecko started this thread with some 1920s bomber so i didnt know where to put my picture :-think

For your pleasure:
Gotha G.I Bomber

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2008, 09:07:09 PM »
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I nderstand the AEG G4 and the Fredrichshafen G III were superior to the Gothas.
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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2008, 09:24:34 PM »
:-wise
I nderstand the AEG G4 and the Fredrichshafen G III were superior to the Gothas.

I agree with you. I would have preferred to fly the AEGs, they have better design but i dont know that much about the early bombers:
>>AEG G4<<

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #28 on: February 04, 2008, 09:37:32 PM »
Nice statement Leo ;) Wingman- excellent image :)

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Re: First of the heavies
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2008, 05:03:19 PM »
Have a look at this site: http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/

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