The Aerodrome Forum - View Single Post - List of WWI artifacts you've always wanted

Jim · 3 November 2009, 02:25 PM

[QUOTE=Willi Von Klugerman;469535]For me...

1.Aircraft fabric: Would make an incredible addition to my mini "museum".Just too expensive though

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Actually, you can get a well documented authentic piece of fabric from a 1917 Albatros D.Va that was flown with Jasta 47. They come up fairly regularly on Ebay. About 30 years ago the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum made up some nice posters of their Albatros D.Va and glued 2 inch square pieces of its original fabric to them and sold them to the public. You see these sell for fairly modest prices considering you are getting an authentic and well documented piece of fabric from a famous and fully identified WW I German fighter aircraft that is nicely mounted on a very nice poster showing the aircraft and including a well done write up of it.

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Jim Forum Ace Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 512	[QUOTE=Willi Von Klugerman;469535]For me... 1.Aircraft fabric: Would make an incredible addition to my mini "museum".Just too expensive though QUOTE] Actually, you can get a well documented authentic piece of fabric from a 1917 Albatros D.Va that was flown with Jasta 47. They come up fairly regularly on Ebay. About 30 years ago the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum made up some nice posters of their Albatros D.Va and glued 2 inch square pieces of its original fabric to them and sold them to the public. You see these sell for fairly modest prices considering you are getting an authentic and well documented piece of fabric from a famous and fully identified WW I German fighter aircraft that is nicely mounted on a very nice poster showing the aircraft and including a well done write up of it.