Warbird Information Exchange

Some photos from our recently completed trip from Denver (Platte Valley) to Dayton and back for the Dawn Patrol fly-in






Pretending to be Ernst Udet

based on this photo



Don Parsons photos of us leaving Creve Coeur on Sunday morning October 4





Some other shots and stories are on the blog at

http://vintageaeroflyingmuseum.blogspot.com/



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Epic journey!

So, what are they like to fly?

Dave

Andrew...read in the Blog that you ended up trailoring the D.VII home. Guess it still had engine issues?

More brake issues, so it went on the truck.


As for what they're like to fly, the D.VIII is the best of the three, not a bad sport plane for a 91 year old design. The Triplane is a bit of a challenge, pretty unstable, but the main problem being that the middle wing blocks out most of the world when the tail is down. Didn't fly this D.VII, but another one I flew was like a big Cub as they say, although this one was a bit heavy and the pilot said it flew that way.




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Damned kids and their baggy pants...

Thanks for sharing those!