BE.2c, BE.2f, FE.2b, DVa, Triplane and the Blue Max pair.

[Gavin Conroy]

It has been an amazing year on the WW1 front in New Zealand.
Has been just under a calendar year since the FE.2b first flew and in the same year we have seen the Avro 504k, BE.2f, BE.2c, Albatros DVa take to air.

An amazing year indeed.
I recently flew with the two BEs again except this time the pair were flown together and was quite a sight.
The BE.2c would have to be one of the most beautiful aircraft I have seen in flight and the two should feature soon in a magazine article and the comparison is quite interesting.

BE.2c


BE.2f


FE.2b


Albatros


Albatros and Pfalz D.III


Albatros


Sopwith Triplane


Sopwith and Fokker Triplane


The Blue Max pair

[Ian Warren]

The First Three , the BE-2c , BE-2f and the FE-2b , look at the exhaust stacks , the later Albatross and the Pfalz the F16s of the day , Cheers Gav - my fave has to be '347' with the other two close behind !

[Naki]

Nice shots as usual. I can see some major differences in the Be-2s ..undercarriage, exhaust, struts, fin and no doubt more....love the Fokker DVII!..would be one of my favourite WW1 aircraft

[ligerox]

Lol my favorite would have to be the triplane has it just had the speed for dogfights with high climb rate also the first red barren was in the triplane so its got my vote lol i saw a documentary on this on discovery channel the other day and it mentioned the stuff i just said so thats my source but still a great ww1 icon/also may i mention that the fe.2b has to be the most awsome and hilarious plane i have ever seen how did the pilot know where he was going but still it was a very good plane

[FlyingKiwi]

We're so lucky to have all these amazing aircraft here in NZ. You're also very lucky to have the opportunity to fly with them and photograph them!

[redkiwi]

Loving that BE.2f with the vertical exhausts. It's just awesome!

[deeknow]

Fantastic shots Gavin, do you have radio contact with those guys to setup shots or do you just get a bit of a loose plan together before you take off?

I have to say, though I should be loyal to the Empire and fancy a British aircraft I cant help thinking its the Albatros I'd see meself in as a wannabe WWI fighter pilot

[Gavin Conroy]

QUOTE (deeknow @ Jan 15 2010, 01:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Fantastic shots Gavin, do you have radio contact with those guys to setup shots or do you just get a bit of a loose plan together before you take off?

I have to say, though I should be loyal to the Empire and fancy a British aircraft I cant help thinking its the Albatros I'd see meself in as a wannabe WWI fighter pilot

The WW1 aircraft have no radios so the flights are done using hand signals and a good safe brief before hand as flying the plan is very important when everyone is close together.
In saying that I use hand signals when flying with the WW2 stuff as time is precious with the big bangers and the good pilots move the aircraft around quickly.