Help identify a WW 1 era fighter !
Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:27 am
WHATTA HECK IS IT ?
This is a plane designed by an oberleutnant , yet it is not german. It is also not a french plane.
I also know it is not Zeppelin nor Siemens.
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9436 ... eli1yw.jpg
All help is appreciated !
Best Regards,
Juke T / Finland
This is a plane designed by an oberleutnant , yet it is not german. It is also not a french plane.
I also know it is not Zeppelin nor Siemens.
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9436 ... eli1yw.jpg
All help is appreciated !
Best Regards,
Juke T / Finland
Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:37 am
Could it be a austrian or hungarian design ?
Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:28 am
Some here might know but your best might be to post this on http://www.theaerodrome.com forum. I'm sure some of those folks might know.
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Shay
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Semper Fortis
Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:49 am
It kinda looks like a Biplane Brewster Buffalo!
Neat find.
Neat find.
Wed Oct 05, 2005 12:25 pm
Someone mentioned the pilot has Italian AF hat on his head ?
Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:35 am
Dudes,
Without help in the States I would not have been able to solve that mystery:
According to Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One (by Peter M. Grosz, George Haddow, and Peter Schiemer, Flying Machine Press, Mountain View, California, 1993. pages 370-372) that's the Zaparka Fighter, designed by Oberleutnant Eduard Zaparka. The book says there is a total lack of documentation of this aircraft. It was apparently built by Zaparka without the knowledge of his Army superiors.
The wing design was patented in September 1917. It allowed the pilot to change the angle of incidence during flight, but the mechanism for this is not known.
The sole prototype crashed and was not rebuilt.
Without help in the States I would not have been able to solve that mystery:
According to Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One (by Peter M. Grosz, George Haddow, and Peter Schiemer, Flying Machine Press, Mountain View, California, 1993. pages 370-372) that's the Zaparka Fighter, designed by Oberleutnant Eduard Zaparka. The book says there is a total lack of documentation of this aircraft. It was apparently built by Zaparka without the knowledge of his Army superiors.
The wing design was patented in September 1917. It allowed the pilot to change the angle of incidence during flight, but the mechanism for this is not known.
The sole prototype crashed and was not rebuilt.
Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:59 am
Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:58 pm
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Fri Oct 07, 2005 3:57 am
Sorry about that.
This is not necessaily a fighter but an aerodyne anyhow.
This is not necessaily a fighter but an aerodyne anyhow.
Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:27 am
Ok,
Since no one knew it:
http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/ima ... roBaby.jpg
It beats Fokker dr.1 by 4 sets of wings !
Since no one knew it:
http://www.earlyaviator.com/archive/ima ... roBaby.jpg
It beats Fokker dr.1 by 4 sets of wings !
Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:34 am
Did it ever actually fly?