Dunsfold, UK. 23 août, 2014. Dunsfold aérodrome à Surrey tient un congrès annuel et de l'aéronautique sur le moteur d'août week-end férié. Ici replica Grande Guerre Allemand Fokker Triplane fighter prend part à une 'dogfight' avec d'autres membres de la Grande Guerre Display Team Crédit : Niall Ferguson/Alamy Live News
5000 x 3999 px | 42,3 x 33,9 cm | 16,7 x 13,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
23 août 2014
Lieu:
Dunsfold Aerodrome, Surrey UK
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The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker (triplane) was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became renowned as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918. In February 1917, the Sopwith Triplane began to appear over the Western Front. Despite its single Vickers machine gun armament, the Sopwith swiftly proved itself superior to the more heavily armed Albatros fighters then in use by the Luftstreitkräfte. Fokker-Flugzeugwerke responded by converting an unfinished biplane prototype into the V.4, a small, rotary-powered triplane with a steel tube fuselage and thick cantilever wings. Compared to the Albatros and Pfalz fighters, the Dr.I offered exceptional maneuverability. Though the ailerons were not very effective, the rudder and elevator controls were light and powerful. Rapid turns, especially to the right, were facilitated by the triplane's marked directional instability. Vizefeldwebel Franz Hemer of Jasta 6 said, "The triplane was my favorite fighting machine because it had such wonderful flying qualities. I could let myself stunt — looping and rolling — and could avoid an enemy by diving with perfect safety. The triplane had to be given up because although it was very maneuverable, it was no longer fast enough." Today, only a few original Dr.I artifacts survive in museums but large numbers of replica and reproduction aircraft have been built for both individuals and museums..
