New Tail Feathers?

We missed a few days this past week, so here's an extra post for today. According to the info which came along with the photo, this is an Albatros D.III with a D.V rudder... don't ask me if it's true or not, I just post the photos 'cuz I think they're groovy.

An interesting thing about this Albatros, though... it carries a skull and crossbones motif very similar to the crate shown in our last post... hmmmm... makes you wonder...

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French Albatros

Long story short... the German pilot of this Albatros reportedly ran low on fuel and landed his crate in French territory on March 5th, 1918. His name is said to have been Lothmann, and he was apparently with Jasta 65.

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If It's Broke... Fix It

Here's a groovy little scene of some Curtiss JN-4s being used for maintenance and repair training at A&M College, Texas during 1918.

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Ace of Aces

Your blogmeister had intended to post this yesterday for the Fourth of July, but got a bit sidetracked, and initially decided to save it for next year. Then he thought, "Who knows if we'll all be around next year?", what with the whole Mayan calendar prophecy thing supposedly predicting Armageddon on December 21st, 2012, which seems to coincide with the marked climate changes we're currently experiencing, not to mention the rising seas, natural disasters occurring with greater frequency, the L.A. Kings winning the Stanley Cup, and most strange of all, the cats and dogs in my neighborhood actually seem to be getting along. I mean, think about it... Dick Clark died... who the hell is gonna bring in the New Year? The writing is on the wall, folks.

Anyhoo, long story short, with our impending doom fast approaching, your fearful blogmeister figured, "what the hell"... better late than never.

Here's Eddie Rickenbacker with his Nieuport 28, adorned with the famous red, white, and blue 'Hat in the Ring' emblem of the 94th Aero Squadron... enjoy it while you can. =P

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Shufflin' On Down to Buffalo

So far we've shared nuthin' but Fotos von Flugzeugen... so today we've decided to share a photo of a British Aeroplane... the Sopwith Buffalo.

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Hannovers

Today's post... a couple'a shots of Hannover CL.IIs. One's a pretty nice photo... clear and crisp. The other, not so much. But both are pretty groovy if you ask me...

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The Albatros and the Master

This photo shows an Albatross C.III in the foreground, and what is said to be a Fokker Eindecker with Oswald Boelcke at the controls in the background...

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