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Month: January 2017

Fritz Beckhardt’s Final Flight

admin January 27, 2017January 27, 2017

On November 13, 1918, the pilots of the German fighter group, Kampfeinsitzerstaffel 5 (Kest 5), flew their final mission of the Great War.  Two days earlier, at the 11th Hour

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An Unexpected Canard

admin January 23, 2017

This Week’s Hints to help you along: A single prototype of a highly innovative design. It crash-landed, killing the test pilot when it hit a tree. A fighter to be

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Don’t Flare on Landing

admin January 15, 2017January 15, 2017

This Week’s Hints to help you along: An old design from a classic designer. So underpowered and yet it flew. The rudder cables are below the fuselage. Tricycle gear yet

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Narrow and Sleek

admin January 3, 2017January 15, 2017

This Week’s Hints to help you along: Twin-engine and those look like American cowlings. The rudders give a good hint, but not Earhart. A wartime design but relatively unknown. This

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