Fe.2b flying film and rebuild

[joegertler]

Jaw-dropping! Not enough superlatives to describe, so just look for yourself.a six minute color film of The Vintage Aviator's Fe.2b in flight. Stunning film of the observer/gunner aiming the Lewis'. and a perfect take-off & landing by Gene DeMarco. Also about 90 detail photos of the build. Congratulations and a big THANK YOU to all involved.

Playing Fe.2b Flying at Masterton | The Vintage Aviator

Sorry for labeling the title with "rebuild" I was thinking of the rebuild of the original Beardmore in it. Cannot edit the title to "build"...*but it DOES use a number of original Fe.2b parts

[Leatherhead]

The gunner in front......................CRAZY!!!!! Those guys had some big you know what to stand up front.

[karrart]

Good golly.....jaw dropping is right. Crazy gunner, glinting Pfalz, clattering Beardmore- the whole piece, start to finish. Wow.
Robert Karr
OLD BIRDS STAYING ALIVE - THE AVIATION ART OF ROBERT KARR

[rainbase]

Amazing! I have never seen anything so beautiful.

[joegertler]

Source; the aerodrome aircraft index...

"When you stood up to shoot [in the F.E.2b], all of you from the knees up was exposed to the elements. There was no belt to hold you. Only your grip on the gun and the sides of the nacelle stood between you and eternity. Toward the front of the nacelle was a hollow steel rod with a swivel mount to which the gun was anchored. This gun covered a huge field of fire forward. Between the observer and the pilot a second gun was mounted, for firing over the F.E.2b's upper wing to protect the aircraft from rear attack ... Adjusting and shooting this gun required that you stand right up out of the nacelle with your feet on the nacelle coaming [sic]. You had nothing to worry about except being blown out of the aircraft by the blast of air or tossed out bodily if the pilot made a wrong move. There were no parachutes and no belts. No wonder they needed observers." Frederick Libby, first American ace of WWI

[Bookmaker]

Great video, Joe, thanks for posting the link.

[Nick]

Thanks for posting that Joe. What an absolutely stunning aeroplane and a some great footage. Inspirational stuff. Those guys do incredible work.

[Albatros_Ace]

wonderful!

but who's Pfalz is it?

[RFC Pilot]

Excellent video!

[PETERna]

I can only imagine the person bankrolling these 2 X Fe8's is the same person who owns the Pfalz replica and that would be a Mr P. Jackson.