Let Let Let – Warplanes

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One of the victims of Mafred von Richthofen was Barker, pilot of 3 Sq was flying Camel D6439 and was shot down at 1840 hrs SW of Bois de Hamel. His aircraft caught on fire and burned until it hit the ground. This digital in action art show this very sad episode from the combat [...]

Frank Luke Jr.  [May 19, 1897 in Phoenix, Arizona – September 29, 1918 near Murvaux France] was an American fighter ace, ranking second among U.S. Air Service pilots to Eddie Rickenbacker in number of aerial victories during World War I.  Frank Luke is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Luke Air Force Base, an [...]

This digital art which I have named “Nad poljem Solunskim” is made under the impression of the Serbian pilots and their combat history. Serbia is among the first country in the world who have established air force and among the first one to use it operationally in combat. After the retreat to Greece, Serbian equipment [...]

Latest book published by Geromy is a monograph dedicated to the Fokker D-VII fighter. Being the best German fighter, it was transported after the end of the war from Germany by train in large numbers to the Netherlands by Anthony Fokker. It saw service in countries like Switzerland, Denmark and Russia, but most book details [...]

After the First World War or better to call it Great War, new established state Kigdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians had in its equipment many of the types of airplanes. Some of them are regularly obtained from Allies while the other was result of the captivity. One of the interesting type was of the [...]

Sloboda nasa digital art is inspired with the heroism and bravery of the Serbs in the WW1. Serbia has lost 25% of population in the Great War and whole army has been retreating to Greece. The moment of return of the Serbian Army to the homeland was glorious moment. This is imagined situation of the [...]

Eduard is well known known by the great line of its plastic kit but they also manufacture more then excellent photo etched detail sets. This detail set are included in some series of their kits but also is released as stand alone products. In the July 2008 one very important detail set is released- Seatbelts [...]

WW1 France seatbelt Small scale is not easy to built and give it an extra detail. Thing became more critical when the subject is already small in its origin and this is the fact with the WW1 scale kits. In this way “Eduard” release of the seat belt detail set for the France WW1 airplanes [...]

Very interesting images from the display held in Australia in 2005. Most of the photos were taken at my local airfield, some were taken at the RAAF Museum (ie Hawker Hart) some at the Antique Aircraft Associations annual event, while the WW1 stuff was taken at Omaka in NZ earlier this year. If you are [...]