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The airplane- One of my personal favorites, well known but hardly legendary.

Two days and not so much as a guess? You guys suck.
At the Aerodrome I'd get laughed off the board for even calling this one a "mystery" plane.

The Red Baron's plane?

verilon wrote:The Red Baron's plane?

Well, at least you care enough to try.
MvR was still a calvalry officer when this one was in service, he could have possibly flown one while training, but not that I know of.

Frank Hipper wrote:

verilon wrote:The Red Baron's plane?

Well, at least you care enough to try.
MvR was still a calvalry officer when this one was in service, he could have possibly flown one while training, but not that I know of.

Eh, it's just all the cartoons and the Red Baron with a plane with Maltese Crosses on the wings...

Damned if I know.

Shit, ask me three years ago when I was into WWII aircraft, and I might've known...

I'm going to go search around for info, just because I'm so intrigued by the plane's rediculous design.

It IS German, though, is it not?

Most definetly German. Only other possibility would be Austrian for that time period, but it's not.

A search of Google with the keywords "Twin Boom" "German Aircraft" +WW1 brought up this
http://www.ku.edu/~kansite/WWI-L/2001/07/msg00198.html
so I'm guessing that the plane is the AGO C1 as the gentleman says, other than that I haven't a clue, because it's a WW1 plane and the only one of those i know is the Sopwith Camel.

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Shit, ask me three years ago when I was into WWII aircraft, and I might've known...

I'm going to go search around for info, just because I'm so intrigued by the plane's rediculous design.

Considering it's WW1 or eariler design, I doubt that would help.

I'd say early WW1, 1915 or so. It looks fighter-sized, designed before interrupter gear was designed. Kinda like that British twin-boom fighter whose name I don't remember.

Well it shows in none of my WW1 aircraft books, and doesn't appear to be armed. I suspect it may be a prewar machine.

It's the Ago C II, a recon plane from 1915. The front wheels are covered by the wings in the current position, the plane is a 4-wheeler, and is tail sitting. (much like the French Voisin series).

Sea Skimmer wrote:Well it shows in none of my WW1 aircraft books, and doesn't appear to be armed. I suspect it may be a prewar machine.

You must have some reasonably superficial books. What titles, may I ask?

Sea Skimmer wrote:Well it shows in none of my WW1 aircraft books, and doesn't appear to be armed. I suspect it may be a prewar machine.

It would not have been designed in that way if it were not a fighter, I daresay.

Frank Hipper wrote:

Sea Skimmer wrote:Well it shows in none of my WW1 aircraft books, and doesn't appear to be armed. I suspect it may be a prewar machine.

You must have some reasonably superficial books. What titles, may I ask?

I dont feel like listing five long titles. Superficial however does not discribe them. There where a few hundred designs built in WW1 after all.

Sea Skimmer wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:

Sea Skimmer wrote:Well it shows in none of my WW1 aircraft books, and doesn't appear to be armed. I suspect it may be a prewar machine.

You must have some reasonably superficial books. What titles, may I ask?

I dont feel like listing five long titles. Superficial however does not discribe them. There where a few hundred designs built in WW1 after all.

Fair enough. Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WWI omits this one, considering how in depth it is, it's pretty amazing it isn't in there.

Frank Hipper wrote:Fair enough. Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WWI omits this one, considering how in depth it is, it's pretty amazing it isn't in there.

What? Weird... And it does include reconnaissance aircraft, right?

I've used Rand McNally's "Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", revised edition, by Enzo Angelucci, it's rare to find it, but at least it does have this plane!

Warspite wrote:

Frank Hipper wrote:Fair enough. Jane's Fighting Aircraft of WWI omits this one, considering how in depth it is, it's pretty amazing it isn't in there.

What? Weird... And it does include reconnaissance aircraft, right?

I've used Rand McNally's "Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", revised edition, by Enzo Angelucci, it's rare to find it, but at least it does have this plane!

I love that book. They've just re-released it, too.

Frank Hipper wrote:[...]
I've used Rand McNally's "Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft", revised edition, by Enzo Angelucci, it's rare to find it, but at least it does have this plane!

I love that book. They've just re-released it, too.[/quote]

Nice!
It's good to see such a fine source of information being kept in print.

Ok, everyone, the answer is:












The AGO C.I. Rob Wilson got his cookie, and loved it.
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