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Originally Posted by xken
.......The more research I do on WWI planes the more I learn that anything is possible; and that things evolved very quickly to suit individual pilots. I have come across at least six variations of windscreens for Camels, they all existed and are all correct for that plane. I am sure there were field installations as well to suit a pilot's particuliar needs when it came to seat belts as well. So in my mind both could have existed at the same time; as well as other variants.
Personally, I think the wire with the pullies was a field installation that may have evolved over time to a later factory installation......
Ken  |
Yeah- I started to wonder if any two Camels were ever alike in detail. Belt arrangements, cockpit cutout shapes, windscreens, how certain wires crossed, gun sights, two major landing gear variations. Factory mods, field mods. I won't go into the gaggle of different engines. Some had it this way, some had it that, and any of the above could be mixed and matched.
If anyone thinks Fokker D.VII nose panels were confusing, just dig into the microscopic bits that make up any given Camel!
Robert Karr
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