BMW Fokker D.VII's

[YavorD]

Originally Posted by Varese2002

...I checked if a copy of Gilles, Jakob. Flugzeugmotoren 1910 bis 1918 could be bought second hand, but the asking price is EUR 100. here.

Kees

Thank you, Kees!
May be Kriegsmarine deliveries can explain part of the difference in production figures?
For some reason old technical books are both rare and expensive. I wonder who reads such books if companies complain about insufficient supply of engineers?
Regards,
Yavor

[rammjaeger]

Kees & Yavor,

the book is obviously part of the library of the Lilienthal-Museum

Otto-Lilienthal-Museum Anklam

Scroll down and look for moh135 or Gilles!

Dave,
I think the list offered by Dan-San in an own thread is what you needed and I don´t think I have seen any better.

VBR
Hannes

[YavorD]

Thank you, Hannes!
The list from Otto-Lilienthal-Museum in Anklam contains couple of interesting old books to look for
Regards,
Yavor

P.S. Bletchley,
You may like to see this one:
Vogelsang, L.W.
Vergaser und Zündapparate für Flugmotoren (Bibl. für Flugwesen Band 5) 1917

[Varese2002]

Originally Posted by YavorD

Thank you, Hannes!
The list from Otto-Lilienthal-Museum in Anklam contains couple of interesting old books to look for
Regards,
Yavor

P.S. Bletchley,
You may like to see this one:
Vogelsang, L.W.
Vergaser und Zündapparate für Flugmotoren (Bibl. für Flugwesen Band 5) 1917

Yavor, you may know that a scan of the complete 2nd edition can be obtained at a very reasonable EUR 10 from Michael Düsing. Diligently he is digitizing complete series of early aviation works.

His catalog can be seen on his site here. There are quite a few gems in his selection.

Kees

[Laserlloyd]

Hi Kees,

I took a look a link you gave, Yes as you said "a few gems in his selection". I'm surprised at those prices that there not already gone.

Lloyd..

[Bletchley]

Thanks Yavor, Kees - yes, and the earlier Band 9 "Vergaser, Brennstoffe und Brennstoffzuführung für Flugmotoren" looks as if it might be interesting. I hope he digitises that as well

Bletchley

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Hi Dave:
The Pfalz D.XV was in series production at the end of the war. There were a number of Pfalz D.XV aircraft completed before war's end. Ahen the Allied International Control Commission visited The Pfalz Flugzeug Werke in Septemder 1919, 74 completed fuselages were found. A number of machines went to France and other countries, which indicated a number of BMWIIIa were allocated to the Pfalz Flugzeug Werke.
Blue skies Dave,
Dan-San

[YavorD]

Originally Posted by Varese2002

...from Michael Düsing. Diligently he is digitizing complete series of early aviation works.
...

Thank you, Kees!
I found this page bookmarked on my web-browser in July 2009 but no trace in my memory. Recently I used Paolo's site. Well, I need to decide about immediate order or waiting for a couple other titles "in preparation"
Regards,
Yavor

[Dave_Watts]

Hi all,

Been very busy with Christmas sales! Hopefully I will have a little time to get back to the forum.

Lloyd sent me a scan of the data plate article in WW1 Aero issue 150.

Pertinent to this thread are data plates from Albatros werks, OAW both for BMW powered D.VII's. The first is a Military ID tag which reads, (all hand struck);

D.7 6581 18

This would be aircraft "Fok. D.VII 6581/18"

Second is an aircraft manufacturer data plate, which reads;

"Albatros" werk Schneidemuhl

followed by hand struck;

FOK D7 F 3513

This wold be "Fok. D.VII 4616/18", werk number "3513".

What we can deduce from this, to a certain degree, is Fokker Werks and Albatros Werks both utilized an "F" designation to BMW powered D.VII's, but the Military did not.

As to why they both did, we are still speculating. My earlier proposal of Fokker built D.VII's carrying the "F" designation on the fuselage to boost the image of Fokker built D.VII's with the "F" as being "the" hot plane, better than Albatros or OAW D.VII's doesn't hold up very well, now that we see Albatros/OAW was utilizing the "F" designation, if not on the side of the aircraft, at least on the builder's plaque.

Interesting...any ideas of what the "F" may stand for? We need our German members to think of what German word starting with "F" may apply.

Best,
Dave W.

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Hello David:
How about F for Fokker???
Happy new year,
Dan-San