• MvR tries out a Pfalz Dr. I during a visit to Speyer in mid-december 1917. (Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)
  • Richthofen in Pfalz Dr.I 3050/17, likely prior to his flight evaluation on 12 December 1917. Pfalz Company test pilot Ernst Schlegel is at left atop the fuselage. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)
  • Richthofen chats with Jasta 10 Oblt. Hans Klein during the First Fighter Competition at Adlershof, near Berlin, January 1918. The purpose of the competition was to have airplane manufacturers submit new designs to be demonstrated and then test flown by combat pilots, with the goal of developing and securing a production order to provide the best fighter possible for Germany. Although present in an official and military capacity, several candid photographs taken during the competition show Richthofen engaged, relaxed, and smiling. (Greg Vanwyngarden) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)
  • Posing in front of a Pfalz triplane are, from left: Ltn Auer, Pfalz construction chief and firm co-owner Ernst Everbusch, Hptmn Willy Meyer of Kogenluft staff, Hptmn Albert Mülig-Hofmann, Ltn Krefft, Rittm von Richthofen, Obltn Fritz von Falkenhayn of the Kogenluft staff, Jasta 12 leader (and later JG III Kommandeur), Obltn Adolf Ritter von Tutschek, Dipl-Ing Ernst Schlegel of the Pfalz testing staff, company founder and co-owner Alfred Everbusch, Obltn Rist, an unknown person, and Pfalz test pilot Stuckmann. (picture source: Richthofen, Beyond the legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, Arms and Armour, 1993)

Test flight with a Pfalz Dr. I

Event ID: 254

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Relocation & trips
Deutsch
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfalz_Dr.I

12 December 1917

bis 22. Dezember
49.30381319500633, 8.452149930083248
Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke in Speyer
Speyer

Source ID: 25

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfalz_Dr.I p.   

“The Pfalz engineering team under Chief Engineer Geringer designed the Pfalz Dr.I in October 1917 in parallel with the Fokker engineering team, modelled on the English Sopwith Triplane and based on the Pfalz D.VII biplane model. On 12 December 1917, the aircraft was test-flown by Manfred von Richthofen and Adolf Ritter von Tutschek at the invitation of Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke in Speyer and then in January/February 1918 underwent comparative flying in Berlin-Adlershof, where 31 new aircraft were tested by experienced front-line pilots.”

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