Download or read book DH 2 vs Albatros D I D II written by James F. Miller and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent and deployment of the Royal Flying Corps' Airco DH 2 in 1916 effectively eliminated the 'scourge' of aerial dominance enjoyed by the Fokker Eindecker monoplanes. Spearheaded by No 24 Sqn and led by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 - with its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording excellent visibility and eliminating the need for a synchronised machine gun - had wrested air superiority from the Germans by the spring and then maintained it through the Battle of the Somme that summer. However, by autumn German reorganisation had seen the birth of the Jagdstaffel and arrival of the new Albatros D II, a sleek inline-engined machine built for speed and twin-gun firepower. Thus, for the remainder of the year an epic struggle for aerial superiority raged above the horrors of the Somme battlefields, pitting the manoeuvrable yet under-gunned DH 2s - which were also plagued by sundry engine malfunctions - against the less nimble yet better armed and faster Albatros D IIs. In the end the Germans would regain air superiority, three squadron commanders - two of whom were considered pinnacles of their respective air forces - would lose their lives, and an up-and-coming pilot (Manfred von Richthofen) would triumph in a legendary dogfight and attain unimagined heights fighting with tactics learned from a fallen mentor.
Download or read book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Albatros D I D II written by James F. Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed the Albatros D.I, that featured the usual Albatros semi-monocoque wooden construction with a 160hp Mercedes engine and two forward-firing machine guns. Alongside the development of the D.I, Albatros had also designed and built a second machine that was similar to the D.I – the Albatros D.II. Although there were several external differences between the two aircraft, it is important to note that these machines evolved simultaneously and that the D.II was not the result of post-combat feedback from D.I pilots. With the inclusion of these aircraft into their reorganized air force, Germany was able to regain control of the skies by autumn 1916. Along with the later designs they inspired, the Albatros D.I and D.II were instrumental in allowing the Germans to prosecute their domination through 'Bloody April' and well into the summer months that followed.
Download or read book DH 2 vs Albatros D I D II written by James F. Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flown by Victoria Cross recipient Lanoe Hawker and the members of No 24 Sqn, the ungainly yet nimble DH 2 helped the Allies attain air superiority over the Somme in early 1916 and hold it through the summer. With its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording excellent visibility and eliminating the need for a synchronized machine gun, the DH 2 was more than a match for anything the Germans could put in the air. That is, until the arrival of the Albatros D II, a sleek inline-engined machine built for speed and with twin-gun firepower. Thus, the later part of 1916 saw an epic struggle in the skies above the Somme pitting the manoeuvrable yet under-gunned DH 2s against the less nimble yet better armed and faster Albatros D IIs. In the end the Germans would regain air superiority, three squadron commanders – two of whom were considered pinnacles of their respective air forces – would lose their lives, and an up-and-coming pilot (Manfred von Richthofen) would triumph in a legendary dogfight and attain unimagined heights fighting with tactics learned from a fallen mentor.
Download or read book Albatross Ii written by John Trethewey and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: eputy Commissioner Paul de Savigny of Geneva Airport Police is intent on destroying the pseudoreligious sect Albatross, which his teenage daughter joined and whom he has never seen since. A flight from Moscow, diverted from Zrich to Geneva, seems routine. But one of the passengers, Ben Lakey, is not. His girlfriend, Sigrid Sorensen, has apparently joined the Suri-sect Albatross during a nine-day journey together from Japan to Europe on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Lakey believes that Sorensen, targeted for conversion by a Suri group on the train, has been abducted or kidnapped and has not joined the sect of her own free will. Police Commissioner de Savigny, who conceals his personal interest in Albatross, is called to investigate Lakeys claims. Before he can even start, a bizarre event menaces Lakeys flight on final descent to the runway. An old war-time Curtiss seems determined to land head-on to the Swissair-diverted Moscow flight, something Senior Air Traffic Controller Michel Oron has never seen and seems unable to prevent. de Savigny is convinced that Suri has sent a kamikaze pilot to down the Swissair jet to kill Lakey. His obsession with the destruction of Albatross leads him first to fit the facts to his theories and then, realising his error, to fabricate evidence rather than face failure. The ultimate result is the imminent collapse of his career as a police officer. In Albatross II, de Savigny recalls, with all the meticulous detail of a police report, the week in February 1987 that sealed his fate and the surprising aftermath. The following are works by the same author: A King Among Pawns The Price of Enlightenment Helvetia, The Voyage of 100 Days Voices from the Cosmos Natavallia in the Maldives The Human Barnacle Last Train to Polmouth The Water Mill
Download or read book German and Austro Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908 1918 written by Terry C. Treadwell and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profusely illustrated history of German and Austrian Aircraft of the First World War.
Download or read book Oswald Boelcke written by R.G. Head and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the pioneering WWI flying ace who mentored the Red Baron is “fascinating . . . [it] captures combat aviation at its inception” (MiG Sweep: The Magazine of Aviation Warriors). With a total of forty victories, Oswald Boelcke was Germany’s first ace in World War I—and a century later he remains a towering figure in the history of air warfare, renowned for his character, inspirational leadership, organizational genius, development of air-to-air tactics, and impact on aerial doctrine. Paving the way for modern air forces across the world with his pioneering strategies, Boelcke had a dramatic effect on his contemporaries. The famed Red Baron’s mentor, instructor, squadron commander, and friend, he exerted a tremendous influence upon the German air force. He was one of the first pilots to be awarded the famous Pour le Mérite, commonly recognized as the “Blue Max.” All of this was achieved after overcoming medical obstacles in childhood and later life with willpower and determination. Boelcke even gained the admiration of his enemies: After his tragic death in a midair collision, Britain’s Royal Flying Corps dropped a wreath on his funeral, and several of his captured foes sent another wreath from their German prison camp. His name and legacy live on, as seen in the Luftwaffe’s designation of the Tactical Air Force Wing 31 “Boelcke.” This definitive biography reveals his importance as a fighter pilot who set the standard in military aviation.
Download or read book The Red Baron written by Manfred von Richthofen and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2009 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths and reality of the "Red Baron".
Download or read book Albatros B II written by Piotr Mrozowski and published by Aero PhotoGallery. This book was released on 2013-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w photos and a selection of detailed walk around full color photographs highlighting technical details of Germany's most popular World War I trainer and observation airplane. Contains: 176 full color inside and out color photos of the only two existing examples of the Albatros B.II: one from Museum in Cracow, Poland and another from Flygvapen museum in Linkoping, Sweden.
Download or read book Dredging and Hydrographic Records of the U S Fisheries Steamer Albatross 1904 1905 written by Albatross and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aces of Jagdstaffel 17 written by Greg VanWyngarden and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Initially formed to assist in the defence of the city of Metz against French bombing raids, Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 17 would go on to become one of the most distinguish German fighter units of World War 1. Its first victory was scored by the pilot whose story is inextricably interwoven with that of his unit – the 'Blue Max' recipient Julius Buckler. He was largely responsible for inspiring the unit's unique Esprit de Corps, expressed in its famous and unique 'battle-cry' of 'Malaula!' Indeed, in its final days the unit gained the nickname Zirkus Buckler, or the 'Buckler Circus'. Besides Buckler, Jasta 17 boasted such aces as Karl Strasser, Alfred Fleischer and Christian Donhauser. In addition, the roster included colourful characters like the successful Jewish airman Jakob Wolff, who at over 48 years of age was the oldest German fighter pilot of the war. The story of this illustrious unit is told with many first-hand accounts by Buckler, Fleischer and others, as well as dozens of rare archival photos of the unit's beautifully decorated fighter aircraft.
Download or read book Albatross written by John A. Wills and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of concepts and other ideas with real applications in social and political matters, including life in dificult situations, the evolution of states(including the UN), Northern Ireland, Zionism, prison reform, racialism and sexuality.
Download or read book FE 2b d vs Albatros Scouts written by James F. Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1916 the deployment of the RFC's FE 2 – with its rotary engine 'pusher' configuration affording excellent visibility for its pilot and observer, and removing the need for synchronized machine guns – helped wrest aerial dominance from Imperial Germany's Fokker Eindecker monoplanes, and then contributed to retaining it throughout the Somme battles of that fateful summer. However, by autumn German reorganization saw the birth of the Jagdstaffeln (specialised fighter squadrons) and the arrival of the new Albatros D scout, a sleek inline-engined machine built for speed and twin-gun firepower. Thus, for the remainder of 1916 and well into the next year an epic struggle for aerial superiority raged above the horrors of the Somme and Passchendaele battlefields, pitting the FE 2 against the better-armed and faster Albatros scouts that were focused on attacking and destroying their two-seater opponents. In the end the Germans would regain air superiority, and hold it into the following summer with the employment of their new Jagdgeschwader (larger fighter groupings), but the FE 2 remained a tenacious foe that inflicted many casualties – some of whom were Germany's best aces (including 'The Red Baron').
Download or read book WORLD WAR II SEA WAR FRANCE FALLS BRITAIN STANDS ALONE Day to Day Naval Actions from April 1940 through September 1940 written by Donald A. Bertke and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Day-to-Day Naval Actions April 1940 through September 1940
Download or read book Papers on Cephalopods written by Samuel Stillman Berry and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book White Squall written by Richard E. Langford and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have seen the movie White Squall, now it is time to read the true account of that final, fatal voyage of the school ship Albatross. White Squall - Last Voyage of Albatross is written by Richard Langford, the English Professor, and one of the few survivors, aboard that doomed school ship in 1961. He has described, in flowing prose, all the beautiful ports of call, the camaraderie of the crew and of course, the tension and problems that are inevitable with such an undertaking. As you turn the pages of White Squall you will become one of the crew aboard this great ship as she visits the then, unspoiled lands and people of those far off ports. You will understand why people would want to accomplish such a difficult undertaking and all the joys and hardships of life aboard. When you have finished this truly great sea adventure, you will feel you were there, on that final, fatal voyage.
Download or read book SPAD VII vs Albatros D III written by Jon Guttman and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When originally conceived, the French SPAD VII and German Albatros D II represented steps away from an emphasis on maneuver in aerial combat in favor of speed and durability - factors that came into play in hit-and-run tactics. At the end of 1916, however, Albatros tried to have the best of both worlds by incorporating the sesquiplane wing of the nimble Nieuport 17 into its D III. The result combined the better downward view and maneuverability of the Nieuport with the power and twin machine guns of the Albatros D II, but at a high price - a disturbing tendency for the single-spar lower wing to fail in a dive. While Albatros (and the Austrian Oeffag firm, which built the fighter under license) sought to alleviate that weakness with various reinforcing measures, the Germans developed tactics to maximize the D III's strengths and minimize its shortcomings. At the same time, the French worked to improve the SPAD VII with more power and a more reliable cooling system before moving on to the twin-gunned SPAD XIII. While all that was going on, the Albatros D III became a mainstay of the German and Austro-Hungarian air services in frequent encounters with SPAD VIIs flown by French, Belgian, British, Italian and American airmen.
