The Hannover CL.IIIa , one of the fighters featured in the latest release WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs, was a German two-seat multi-role aircraft. It was very maneuverable and easy to fly. Primarily designed for reconnassaince, it was mainly used as a ground attack machine, but was also employed as an escort and close support plane. A CL.IIIa on the runaway. Like the other Hannover …
The versions of the Nieuport Ni.28 featured in WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs are fighters used by three aces: Edward Rickenbacker, the American “Ace of the Aces” (26 victories); Harold Harney (7 victories); and Ralph O’Neil (5 victories). Following the article about the Nieuport Ni.28, let’s learn more about these brave pilots. Edward Rickenbacker Edward “Eddie” Rickenbacker, the highest scoring US pilot in World War …
Our previous article discussed the Macchi M.5, one of the best hydroplane produced by the Italian company Macchi, presented in the recently released WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. Now let’s learn something more about the three versions represented in Wings of Glory. Willis Bradley Haviland Commander Willis Bradley Haviland (1890–1944) was a pioneer military pilot in World War I and a Naval Air Station Commanding …
One of the new planes arriving in the WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs is the Italian single-seat Macchi M.5, a refined, extremely manoeuvrable and agile flying-boat fighter, which was operated by Italy and the United States. Designed in 1917 by engineers Carlo Felice Buzio and Luigi Calzavara, from the Nieuport Macchi, in Varese (northern Italy), the Macchi M.5 was introduced into service in Autumn that …
Our previous article presented the Fokker E.V, the first aircraft featured in the recently released WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. Now let’s learn something more about the three versions presented in Wings of Glory. Erich Löwenhardt Löwenhardt was born in Breslau, Silesia, of the German Empire on 7 April 1897, the son of a doctor. He received his education at a military school in Lichterfelde. …
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