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(Sorry Jeff, just a bit more, please?)
David (and maybe Jeff too!),
In contrast to the original Fokker Dr.I rudder from 588/17 with the 'frayed-edge' reinforcing patch, here is the only other know surviving Dr.I rudder from a somewhat earlier batch (unknown w/n, but showing the earlier style Dr.I hinge design from the later version hinge on 588/17). We see here that the very same reinforcing patch around this top hinge is of more typically WWI German cut as 'straight-edged'!!!!!!!!
Both original Dr.I rudders are held by museums in England today, including a THIRD original - the MVR Dr.I 425/17 rudder buried deep inside, somewhere...(and I have a photo to prove it!).
Interesting stuff, eh?
Regards, Gary Sewall
Last edited by gipsymoth236k; 6 January 2009 at 09:17 PM.
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