The Albatros D.III, biplane fighter that stood out in the period of German aerial dominance in 1917 and which was flown by many of famous German aces – including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer – is one of the WW1 aircraft coming soon in the new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs. It would be fair …
A new series of WW1 Wings of Glory Airplane Packs is coming soon, presenting the aircraft Nieuport 17, Albatros D.III, UFAG C.I, and RAF RE.8. While waiting their release, let’s learn more about them and the pilots of the versions featured in the packs, starting with the Nieuport 17. The Nieuport company began with two flying brothers (Edouard and Charles Nieuport) but both died in flying …
The German dive bomber and ground attack aircraft Junkers Ju.87, best known as “Stuka”, was widely used during the first part of the Battle of Britain and is featured in one of the Squadron Packs released together with the new WW2 Wings of Glory Starter Set. While some stories suggest that the Stuka came about because Ernst Udet fell in love with the American Curtis “Goshawk,” …
The Hawker Hurricane Mk.I, one of the fighters featured in the WW2 Wings of Glory Squadron Packs, was very much a “transitional” design between the past and the future. It was Britain’s first low-wing monoplane fighter, but originally made with a boxy construction and doped linen covering that was not that different from early Sopwith biplanes. Metal covered (and much lighter constructed) wings first appeared in …
The backbone of the Luftwaffe’s fighter force in WW2, the Messerschmitt Bf.109 is now coming in both the WW2 Wings of Glory Battle of Britain Starter Set and in a Squadron Pack, in its E-3 version. Also called Me 109, it’s one of the most enduring fighter designs in history. Selected in direct competition with three other vendors, the Me 109 combined the smallest, lightest airframe …
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