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Maximum speed 78 mph

Ceiling 7874 feet

2 machine guns

Aviatik B1/B11

Crew 2

Wingspan 40 feet

Height 10 feet 10 inches

Mercedes D11 Engine 99hp

Maximum speed 60 mph

Ceiling 16404 feet

1 machine gun

Bristol F.2A

2 crew

39 feet 3 inches wingspan

9 feet 9 inches height

190 hp Rolls Royce Falcon v-12engine

Maximum speed 123 mph

Ceiling 18,000 feet

1 .303 Lewis (rear facing) machine gun (+an optional Lewis on a Foster mount)

1 Vickers .303 (synchronised) machine gun

Fokker E1

1 crew

29 feet wingspan

9 feet 5 inches height

.7 Cylinder air cooled rotary engine 80 hp

Maximum speed 81 mph

Ceiling 9840 feet

1 machine gun (later variants had a machine gun firing through the propeller)

Arco DH2

1 crew

28 feet wingspan

9 feet 6 inches height

Gnome Monosoupape 10 hp Rotary engine

Maximum speed 93 mph

Ceiling 14,000 feet

I machine gun either fixed or moveable

Nieuport 11

1 crew

29 feet wingspan

7 feet high

1 Le Rhone Rotary Engine 80hp

Maximum speed 97 mph

Ceiling 15,000 feet

1 machine gun

Fokker D.1

1 crew

29 feet wingspan

7 feet 5inches high

Mercedes D 111 160 hp Engine

Maximum speed 93 mph

Ceiling 11000 feet

1 7.92 Spandau mg

Albatros D.1

1 crew

27 feet 10 inches wingspan

9feet 8 inches high

Mercedes D 111 160 hp Engine

Maximum speed 109 mph

Ceiling 17000 feet

1 x 7.92 Spandau mg

Albatros D.11

1 crew

27 feet 10 inches wingspan

8 feet 8 inches high

Mercedes D 111 160 hp Engine

Maximum speed 109.4 mph

Ceiling 17000 feet

2 x 7.92 Spandau mg

Albatros D.111

1 crew

27 feet 6 inches wingspan

9feet 6 inches high

Mercedes D 111 160 hp Engine

Maximum speed 102 mph

Ceiling 18000 feet

1 x 7.92 Spandau mg

Fokker D.11

1 crew

28 feet 8 inches wingspan

8feet 4 inches high

Oberursel 100 hp Engine

Maximum speed 93 mph

Ceiling 14700 feet

1  x 7.92 Spandau mg

Halberstadt D111

1 Crew

28 feet 10 inches wingspan

8 feet 8 inches high

Argus As.11 inline 120hp engine

Maximum speed 99.4 mph

Ceiling 14764 feet

1 7.92 Spandau mg

Sopwith Pup

1 crew

28 feet wingspan

9 feet 6 inches height

La Rhone 9C 80 hp engine

Maximum speed 105 mph

Ceiling 17,500 feet

1 synchronised Vickers .303 machine gun

Sopwith Camel

1 crew

28 feet wingspan

8 feet 6 inches height

Clerget 9 cylinder air cooled rotary piston (130 hp) engine

Maximum speed 117 mph

Ceiling 19,000 feet

2 synchronised Vickers .303 machine guns

I used the following books to verify information:

World War 1- Peter Simkins

The Times Atlas of World History

The British Army in World War 1 (1)- Mike Chappell

The British Army in World War 1 (2)- Mike Chappell

The British Army 1914-18- Fosten and Marrion

British Air Forces 1914-1918- Cormack

British and Empire Aces of World War 1- Shores

A History of Aerial Warfare- John Taylor

First World War- Martin Gilbert

Aircraft of World War 1- Herris and Pearson

Thanks to the following website for the slang definitions

• www.ict.griffith.edu.au/~davidt/z_ww1_
  slang
  /index_bak.htm
  ‎
  

Lyrics of That Daring Young man on his Flying Trapeze courtesy of http://lyricsplayground.com.

Bill will return with the fifth in the series 1918.

Griff Hosker November 2014

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