• 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)

Testvlucht met een Pfalz Dr. I

Event ID: 254

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

12 december 1917

bis 22. Dezember
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Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke in Speyer
Speyer

Source ID: 25

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

“Het Pfalz-engineeringsteam onder leiding van hoofdingenieur Geringer ontwierp de Pfalz Dr.I in oktober 1917, parallel aan het Fokker-engineeringsteam, naar het model van de Engelse Sopwith Triplane en gebaseerd op het tweedekkermodel Pfalz D.VII. Op 12 december 1917 werd het vliegtuig getest door Manfred von Richthofen en Adolf Ritter von Tutschek op uitnodiging van Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke in Speyer en vervolgens in januari/februari 1918 onderging het vergelijkende vluchten in Berlijn-Adlershof, waar 31 nieuwe vliegtuigen werden getest door ervaren frontlijnpiloten.”

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