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Originally Posted by Rbailey
Kees - this is the picture referred to. It comes from a bad Xerox copy of a French original, which refers to two 1915 Halberstdts; one is called a "monoplace de chasse", and two pictures were given implying one of each. The first is almost certainly the CI. On looking at the article more carefully, I think this is also the CI.
As for the challenge, the gentlemen present look English, but anything I found of the right general configuration differs in detail. How about American?
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Hi RBailey. I see what you mean, a very bad picture where the essential bays between the wings and the rudder are not to be seen (at least no by me
).
I would not take the contemporary French press of 1915 for their word hat this is a Halberstadt. If it is, that makes it a
B.I , which was the only model with a rotary engine.
I cannot state positively that the people standing before the wing are English. The origin of the machine is decidedly .......
French [Vive la France! ]. No Americans around this one. Remember that this smallish plane has only one bay
Cheers
Kees