Albatros D.I?D.II - Bok av James F. Miller - Häftad

In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed the Albatros D.I, that featured the usual Albatros semi-monocoque wooden construction with a 160hp Mercedes engine and two forward-firing machine guns. Alongside the development of the D.I, Albatros had..

SPAD VII vs Albatros D III - 1917-18 - Bok av Jon Guttman - Häftad

When originally conceived, the French SPAD VII and German Albatros D II represented steps away from an emphasis on manoeuvre in aerial combat in favour of speed and durability. At the end of 1916, however, Albatros tried to have the best of both worlds.

SE 5a vs Albatros D V - World War I 1917-18 - Bok av Jon Guttman - Häftad

Presents the story of the design and development of two fighters - SE 5a Vs Albatros D V - and concludes with their dramatic fights in the last year of World War I.

Albatros and the Pirates of Galguduud - A Story of a Letter of Marque in the 21st Century - Bok av Federico Supervielle - Häftad

Albatros and the Pirates of Galguduud - A Story of a Letter of Marque in the 21st Century - Bok av Federico Supervielle - Häftad

Austro-Hungarian Albatros Aces of World War 1 - Bok av Paolo Varriale - Häftad

Austro-Hungarian industry produced a series of poor fighter types such as the Phönix D I and Hansa-Brandenburg D I during the early stages of the war, and it was not until licence-built examples of the battle-proven Albatros and D II and D III began to reach Fliegerkompagnien, or Fliks, in May 1917 that the fortunes of pilots began to look up. Unlike the German-built Albatrosen, the Oeffag aircraft were far more robust than German D IIs and D IIIs. They also displayed superior speed, climb, manoeuvrability..

Albatros : Versione per flauto, clarinetto e pianoforte

FE 2b/d vs Albatros Scouts - Western Front 1916-17 - Bok av James F. Miller - Häftad

In the spring of 1916 the deployment of the RFC's FE 2, helped wrest aerial dominance from Imperial Germany's Fokker Eindecker monoplanes, and then contributed to retaining it throughout the Somme battles of that fateful summer. This book deals with this topic.

Richthofen & Boelcke in Their Own Words - Bok av Manfred Freiherr Von 1892- Richthofen - Inbunden

The Red Battle Flyerby Manfred Freiherr von RichthofenAn Aviator's Field Bookby Oswald BöelckeTwo German Aces of the Great WarThere can be little doubt that the most iconic fighter pilot of the First World War on the Western Front was the aristocratic German 'ace of aces,' Baron Manfred von Richtohofen. Known universally, due to his particularly conspicuous bright-red coloured Fokker Albatros triplane, as the 'Red Baron,' he and the equally gaudy aircraft of his comrades of the 'Flying Circus' were..

The Red Knight of Germany - Bok av Floyd Gibbons - Häftad

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Germany's renowned First World War flying ace, was known as 'The Red Knight' or more the war as 'The Red Baron' due to the colour of his Albatros aeroplane. He was attributed with eighty 'kills' before losing his life inaction in 1918.Written by a remarkable war correspondent, Floyd Gibbons, shortly after the cessation of hostilities, The Red Knight is a fascinating insight into the life of this most ruthless and talented war pilot. Gibbons had access to extensive first-hand..