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Ztex
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For Randy and any others that might know...

I am looking for an ID on this Fokker D-VII - pictured at Grand Prairie Muni mid to early 80's..

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And Randy is this yours? at Aero Valley, same time period...

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Zane - Based on the location, date and my memory, the D.VII replica in the top picture was owned by Dr. Stanley L. Morel and had an uprighted Ranger engine. I never saw it fly and I'm not sure what happened to it.

The Dr.I Triplane replica is not mine or one that I flew or ever saw, so I'm afraid I can't help there. Fly safe.

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Zane: The DR-1 was probably one of Bob Ralston's aircraft. Bob had a pretty good start of a collection of WW1 aircraft replicas. Most were pretty rough in more ways than one.......Bob was killed in his Eindecker replica when it went down a few months after he moved off of Aero Valley.
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Thanks guys!

I have few more that I need info on...

More later...

now here...

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18883

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I'm pretty sure that Stan Morel's Fokker D.VII is the one that's now in the museum at Pensacola.

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Ztex, you might try running the pics past these folks in the replica forum
www.theaerodrome.com/forum/replica-aircraft

Might also run 'em past the VAHF folks in Kingsbury..one of the members'
dad is a seasoned old timer in the Calif. WW1 stuff, IIRC.

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Zane - the D.VIII replica looks like one that Bob Ralston had at the old Aero Valley airport for a while.

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Airnutz...Thanks for the link!

I found more info on the D-VII, it is indeed the one at Pensacola.

On the others...
There is a Robert K. Ralston of Athens, TX shown as owner of a D-VIII and a Dr-I...any idea if these aircraft are still flying?

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