The recently released series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs includes the highly successful Allied two–seaters Breguet 14, a plane capable of both recon and light bombing. Designed by Louis Breguet, it was the first Allied plane using more metal than wood in its construction, mostly duraluminum and welded steel tubing. The result was a plane that was light, sturdy, and very fast, with many …
The single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance biplane Rumpler C.IV is one of the new aircraft featured in the latest series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. The history of this plane is an example of the frequent German practice of starting with one aircraft design and refining it model by model. This practice, probably most familiar in the Albatros fighter series, where the D.Va is clearly an …
Following the Pfalz D.III preview article, it’s time to learn more about the RAF SE.5, the second fighter just released in the new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. The SE.5 (Scout Experimental 5) was designed around a new and powerful engine, one which unfortunately was cranky and unreliable. The first pilots to fly the plane were very unimpressed (Albert Ball hated it and …
A new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs brings to the game four new aircraft – Pfalz D.III, Raf SE.5, Rumpler C.IV, and Breguet BR.14. Let’s learn more about each of them, starting by the German fighter Pfalz D.III. By the time of WW1, although “German unification” was over 40 years old, there was still significant loyalty to the old German states. Thus, you …
The first series of airplane packs of WW1 Wings of Glory was recently reprinted and refreshed by new versions of each aircraft. The history and information about the SPAD XIII, Sopwith Camel, Albatros D.Va and Fokker Dr.I were already presented at the time they first released in specific articles, together with the pilots and units featured in each pack (see the links at the end of …
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