Where: Military Aircraft Preservation Society Museum, 2260 International Parkway, west of Akron-Canton Airport in Green. Info: For directions, hours and admission fees, call (330) 896-6332 or go to ...
Two years in the making, a replica Sopwith Triplane has become a highlight of the permanent exhibition at the Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. Vladimir Handlik and the ...
Diminutive and nimble, the Fokker Dr.1 was Germany’s answer to the British Sopwith Triplane during the Great War over the skies of Europe, and was a favored mount of one of history’s most famous aces.
The brothers Leon and Robert Morane designed this monoplane with fellow engineer Raymond Saulnier in 1913. The fragile L was meant for reconnaissance, but by the war's start Saulnier had attached ...
Pilots of the Sopwith Camel complained that the engine, guns, fuel tank, and pilot were clustered too close. They didn't know the airplane's very shape generated drag that hampered its performance.
A few years ago my friend Javier Arango and I got to talking about certain oft-repeated statements about the airplanes of World War I. Javier has a collection of very accurate reproductions of World ...
Gifted to the Smithsonian by the Arango Family with gratitude and appreciation. Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Photo by Eric Long. The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and ...
The Great War was a fascinating time for airplanes – the Wright brothers had just recently invented the airplane in 1903, and militaries found out mounting machine guns (only after figuring out how ...