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. …
Two huge bombers are coming soon to the Wings of Glory WW1 game: the heavy bombers Handley-Page O/400 and Zeppelin Staaken R.VI. To release these big and complex airplane models, a crowdfunding project is currently running on Kickstarter until April 2nd. Let’s learn more about them, starting with the Handley-Page O/400, the largest aircraft in the UK at the end of WW1. Handley-Page O/400, the largest …
Four new fighters are arriving this month in a new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs – the Fokker E.V., Nieuport Ni.28, Macchi M.5 and Hannover CL.IIIa. It’s time to learn more about these aircrafts, starting with the Fokker E.V (also known as Fokker D.VIII), the last fighter type built by Antony Fokker for the German Fliegertruppe during WWI. The Fokker E.V (Eindecker – …
Our previous article presented the Airco DH.4, the fourth 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. 50th Squadron AEF The Airco DH.4 powered by the American Liberty 12-cylinder engine was the US Army Air Service standard general purpose two-seater in WW1, utilized for bombing, reconnaissance, and artillery …
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