Albatros replica flies in Germany

By: trumper - 23rd April 2012 at 18:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

:) Looks lovely.I wonder if she could pay a visit to the UK ,Old Warden maybe :)

By: Oxcart - 23rd April 2012 at 18:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

:) Looks lovely.I wonder if she could pay a visit to the UK ,Old Warden maybe :)

God, I hope so!

By: DazDaMan - 23rd April 2012 at 21:19 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Gotta love the WW1 birds. :)

By: The Blue Max - 23rd April 2012 at 22:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Fantastic, look superb:)

By: Andy in Beds - 23rd April 2012 at 22:23 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

A fantastic project.
Koloman Mayrhofer and Eberhard Fritsch have done very well with this aeroplane over a lot of years.
Well done to Tex too for a sucessful first flight.

By: low'n'slow - 24th April 2012 at 12:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Superb. Many congratulations!

By: JägerMarty - 24th April 2012 at 23:27 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Looks great!:D

By: Mike Smart - 25th April 2012 at 11:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Any ideas why it has a rounded front cowling instead of the usual wide spinner?

Mike

By: Andy in Beds - 25th April 2012 at 12:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Any ideas why it has a rounded front cowling instead of the usual wide spinner?
Mike

Yes because it represents a Series 253 Albatros D.III built by Oesterreichische Flugzeugfabrik AG (Oeffag) in Austria (Wiener-Neustadt), for the Austro-Hungarian air force.
As such it's fitted with a 225hp Austro-Daimler engine, as opposed to a Mercedes. This resulted in a rounded nose.

Andy

By: slicer - 25th April 2012 at 12:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Fantastic. What wouldn't you give to see that coming round the curve at Old Warden. All credit to the team that built that beautiful aeroplane.

By: Mike Smart - 25th April 2012 at 14:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Yes because it represents a Series 253 Albatros D.III built by Oesterreichische Flugzeugfabrik AG (Oeffag) in Austria (Wiener-Neustadt), for the Austro-Hungarian air force.
As such it's fitted with a 225hp Austro-Daimler engine, as opposed to a Mercedes. This resulted in a rounded nose.

Andy

Many thanks,

Mike

By: flygg - 25th April 2012 at 14:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

The perfect display adversary for Nieuport 17 G-BWMJ.

By: Keefy041 - 25th April 2012 at 21:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Normally prefer WW2 types , but not only does it look fantastic it sounds fantastic too .