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| Huey V77 | Scratch Built Gee Bee Model "Y" | Parked | 09-Feb-17 12:13 |  | | Views : 787 | | Made a mold from window seal RTV. |
| Huey V77 | Scratch Built Gee Bee Model "Y" | Parked | 09-Feb-17 12:12 |  | | Views : 770 | | Made a Beta from air dry clay |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:41 |  | | Views : 872 | | Actual Aerial Reconnaissance Camera used by the RFC. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:36 |  | | Views : 773 | | Armament was one Vickers .303" (7 mm) machine gun on lower left side of fuse, and a .303" (7 mm) Lewis machine gun for the Observer in the rear cockpit. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:28 |  | | Views : 833 | | The engine was 70 HP Air-cooled, 90 degree Renault V8 RAF 1a - 72 mph - , and a "scimitar" bladed 4 blade prop (this is a hand carved 2 piece 4 blade balsa prop), and a plate glass slate Camera for the Observer in the rear cockpit (left side of pic on fuse bottoom) - the plane's notorious stability actually helped in its artillery observation and aerial photography duties. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:13 |  | | Views : 854 | | Its "Nemesis" was the German Fokker EIII Eindecker, hence the term for the BE2e - "Fokker Fodder", and the German nickname - "Kaltes Fleisch" (Cold Meat). |
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Date |
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| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:08 |  | | Views : 870 | | The RFC (Royal Flying Corp) suffered mounting casualties, for want of a better replacement, and the BE2e was belatedly withdrawn from front line combat service in 1917. 3,500 BE2e a/c were built. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 10:02 |  | | Views : 757 | | It entered service in 1916 and remained in service long after it was obsolete, being outclassed by the German Albatross and Halberstadt Scouts. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:58 |  | | Views : 775 | | It was mainly used for Photo Reconnaissance, with a secondary role as a night and day bomber. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:26 |  | | Views : 848 | | Nicknamed "The QUIRK", this plane has "character" ... |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:23 |  | | Views : 820 | | Two seat tendem, WW1, high-wing Biplane Reconnaissance light bomber - an early British workhorse. |
| LASTWOODSMAN | Aero-Werkes DPCM 119 BE2e | Parked | 09-Feb-17 09:17 |  | | Views : 804 | | RAF BE2e (RAF = Royal Aircraft Factory), (BE = Bleriot Experimental [as in Louis Bleriot]), built by Geoffery DeHavilland |
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