It is sad how all WW1 Fokker Dr.I planes were destroyed. The last one was actually in a Museum in Berlin as part of Herman Gorings collection but was destroyed in an allied air raid in 1943 I believe.
Seeing the group photo of Jasta 11 reminds me of the first time I saw the album cover for Led Zeppelin II and immediately recognized that they used a photo of Manfred Von Richthofen's Jasta 11 as the basis of the cover. The old World War I photos are quite interesting to look at. The Fokker DR1's in this video are amazing. The sound of the engines kind of chilling. This time period was too much with these infant planes and the brave men that flew them. The Flying Circus with it's colored planes is a sight to behold but I'd imagine scary for allied pilots back in the day.
Some of the best video of these aircraft in flight I've ever seen. Love to see these old crates banking and turning as shown here! This was the age when flight meant using the airflow over the wings to provide lift instead of a monster engine shoving the aircraft through the air. There's nothing more majestic than a WWI aircraft in flight.
People don't believe me when I tell them that technically a 747 doesn't actually fly. It's more akin to water skiing through the sky! I then ask them "why is it that you have to walk up hill when you are walking back to your seat from the lav?"
The reason for the camouflage was not against ground troops but against enemy aircraft. Even if you could actually see them, the colour schemes were designed for the purpose of distraction against the eyes. A split second indescion could mean the difference between life and death. That was the actual purpose of aircraft camouflage. Sometimes underneath the aircraft was also painted blue or blueish grey to camouflage against ground troops. Thinking behind that ploy was very simple. You could definitely hear them but you could not see them, and that's the name of the game. Survival.
My favorite type of plane, since I was a kid. No telling how many Revell DR-1 model kits I assembled back then, all painted like the Baron's of course! Great video, thanks for sharing!
Same here, except most of my Triplane models were the old cheap 1/48 scale Aurora kits you'd get at the dime store. I must have made a couple dozen of them. But like nearly all my models I made as a kid, they didn't last longer than a couple weeks.
I'm surprised that one of those planes wasn't redone to replicate Hermann Goering's machine. He served with Richtofen, scored at least 20 kills, and was awarded the Blue Max.
Or Werner Voss. He was well up on the leader board for kills and his Fokker had one of the more distinctive schemes. Anyone who's ever seen the cowling of his plane, with the eyes and the mustache painted on, remembers it. His final battle is considered one of the most epic dogfights in WWI.
I was hoping to see Wolfram Von Richthofens plane. He was the Red Barons younger cousin and a later member of his squad added in early 1918. His first mission with the squadron was actually Manfred’s last. He went on to score 8 victories in what most sources say was a dark green Fokker Dr.I and he was later a Field Marshal in WW2.
@Lightworker VonHelton It was the Fokker D.VII (which started replacing the Dr. 1 by mid 1918) which Goering operated and applied an entirely white paint scheme.
Man and machine and nothing there in between A flying circus and a man from Prussia The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain The western front and all the way to Russia Death from above, you're under fire Stained red as blood, he's roaming higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies That's where the legend will arise And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die First to the scene he is a lethal machine It's Bloody April and the tide is turning Fire at will it is the thrill of the kill Four in a day shot down with engines burning Embrace the fame, red squadron leader Call out his name, Rote Kampfflieger In the game to win, a gambler rolls the dice Eighty allies paid the price And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies And the legend never dies And he's flying And he's flying And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die (The Red Baron - Sabaton)
It should also be noted that the various color schemes used by these pilots was a means to quickly recognize each other in combat. If I recall, this was not used by the entire German Air Service. They stuck to a specific camo pattern.
Great to see these other colour schemes apart from the famous Red Baron's. It really does bring the unit back to life. Pretty and cute to modern eyes, but seeing a swarm of these babies coming up behind would be nightmare to the back seater in the likes of an RE8. On both sides, brave men one and all.
It's hard to believe the guys who would have originally flown these were about my age. Most people think of us as children these days. I can't even imagine being a part of the squadron. Great video, I hope to be given a ride in something like this some day. Brian
I'm 65 now, old fart, I was stationed in West Germany in the 70s and I dreamed of being able to go for a ride in one of these airplanes ( Fokker DR ) over Germany especially over the battlefields of 'The Bulge' since I was stationed at Air Force Bases in that area. Never got to do it, sadly, it was one of the things on my 'wish list' before I die; now they call it 'the bucket list' and every time I hear that phrase it makes me laugh because of a scene at the beginning of the movie 'It's A Mad Mad Mad World' where Jimmy Durante kicks a bucket down the hill just as he dies. I hope You get to fly in one of those WWI biplanes or tri-planes before You kick the bucket Best of Luck to You.
I have seen many of these videos, can't say just how I missed this one. I am stunned to have seen this and want to move to New Zealand now just to watch them in person !! Job well done Lads !
My hat's off to all those at New Zealand that bring all this live action history to the public. Outstanding work on all aspects. Big thanks for bringing the historical past life back again.
Remember that the originals had a two some inch fore-and-aft CG envelope. All the pilot had to do was lean, and aircraft was unstable, either nose or tail heavy. Add to that the engine torque, and it's gyroscopic effect, and that too steep a dive would peel the fabric off the underside of the top wing. (They found that if they moved the seam back a few inches, the fabric stayed in place.) What's that clanging when the pilots walked? Father knew an old man who flew them, for the Kaiser, in Chicago, back in the 40's
The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, next door to the airfield, has an extensive World War 1 display, including a tableau of the scene after Von Richthofen was shot down. It shows Australian soldiers swarming over the crashed aircraft, cutting bits off it as souvenirs, while two soldiers remove the pilot's boots. One of the soldiers is shown removing the cross from the right side of the fuselage and, hanging on the wall nearby, is the original cross. For anyone visiting Blenheim, spending a few hours in this most excellent museum is well worth the time.
WOW! That' beautiful. It's just amazing to see those old aircraft in the air. I know they're replicas (cuz nothing that old would have survived for so long) but it's still just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
the beauty of these old birds is so unique. it is not as advanced as the new jets today, but it gives you a feeling that you can build it in your garage and fly it to the sky like riding a bike, though actually, it's much more difficult.
Excellent video. I saw all these aircraft, and the new all-black eighth Triplane, at the 2015 Classic Fighters airshow. Great weekend. My first air show since I was a teenager.
I never knew WHY this plane was so much more superior to the Sopwith Camel and the Fokker DVII. However, just hearing the engine tells me everything I need to know. This was a massive step up in engine technology compared to those older planes. Aren't we lucky to be able to see and hear these wonderful aircraft more than a century after the war has ended.
One of the reasons was the short fuselage, which gave it a smaller turning circle . But it was slower , also not the easiest plane to land . It needed an expert pilot to fly it. . The wing loading would have been less also . But being slower if things got a little sticky it would have to stay and fight . Unless there was good cloud cover of course .
@@No.10_SopwithMan As a kid I came to that conclusion, while mucking around with balsa models, control line planes and the Hobby Co plastic control line planes.... that and the 'hell ton' of hours spent 'nose in books', researching these planes as a teenage boy!!!
@@justinharvey1355 Voss was in Jagdgeschwader I, a large fighter wing made up of 4 fighter units/Jastas. It was commended by the Red Baron so technically he was part of the Richthofen squad.
When you said about the Fokker aircraft I immediately thought of that old joke about the Dutch airman who flew with the RAF. he was reminiscing about the time he was attacked by three aircraft, " I vos attacked by three Fokkers", some people started giggling and an RAF officer explained Fokkers are a type of German aircraft, the Dutch Ace added, " Ja und these fokkers ver Messerschmitts!"
Absolutely love this display! I actually have some models of the triplane, I currently have the colors of Manfred Von Richthofen (152/17), Hans Weiss, and Johaness Janzen of Jasta 6 Edit: I’m currently trying to get more of these models, the company that makes them is CORGI, very high quality die cast metal would recommend buying from them!
Sure they were, but over time some of the records have been lost/destroyed and there's no evidence of which pilot/s flew a Dr.1 wit this colour scheme, despite the fact that photos exist of the aircraft.
attending the Omaka Classic fighters, when this vid was shot was a once in a lifetime experience as European by flying over there on occasion of a business trip to SIN 😊. But who knows, when they let us fly there still next Easter 2025 I will make a repeater. Have seen many airshows, but this one is the greatest for me in all aspects
Even from last century, those 3 wings, or Tri-Plane(s) command respect! It's neat to learn about The Red Baron and his Squadron! We're the 3 wing configurations out-maneuvere the bi-planes? Interesting info about the what we would call the Swastika (albeit backwards) having a good luck meaning! Thank you for a beautiful history lesson!
Reminds me of playing Red Baron by Dynamix in 1991. Got to fly a Triplane alongside a computer Baron a few times. I've tried playing the sim again in recent times but could never recapture the original feeling.
Sadly I think the thrill of playing those early flight sims was something that's hard to recapture -- they were so amazing for their time. While current sims are so much better in almost all respects, it's just not quite the same.... ;-)
Sorry, not a single one of these Dr.1s is using one of the reverse engineered Oberursels. There's a single Continental radials in there and all the rest ar Warner Scarab radials. Maybe one day they'll be re-engined....
This is amazing - the recreation of the JASTA 11 flying unit - I am Going to look more into this - The real flying unit - with the colour scemes correct - & those beautiful DR1 planes - To see one DR1 would be a thrill ! - To see all 7 fly in formation would truely be a dream ! - Really would ! Thankyou for sharing this short Docu ! SB - British Isles
von Richthofen used a total of 5 triplanes to score 19 victories. All of them had blue undersides and a variety of colour schemes. The only time that 425/17 wore the Balkan cross was on the fatal flight. All the others had the Cross Patee. 425/17 MAY have had a white cowling.
While the bright colors may have influenced the name 'Flying Circus" veterans claimed it was the fact that the unit traveled on trains looking like Circuses as was common before (and after ) the war.
Man I would love to have that tail section he took off. Yeah it was not long before guys would see that red paint and get scared. Was a great idea to mentally cripple an enemy even before a dogfight.
@@ComdrStew : I believe they still teach fabric covering as one of the first lessons in flight mechanic schools. Some wood, screws, turnbuckles, and glue.....it will fly! The layers over the fabric was a glue brushed on, often called "dope" for obvious reasons!
amazig video and great history mate. cheers from the USA! the closest we have to accurate replicas for functional Great War reenacting is an FT-17 made of plywood! I could only wish to have grown up to see this at an airshow.
+Chris Ross If you're ever in NewYork, make the trip to Ol'Rhine-beck Aerodrome in Rhine-beck, NewYork. Quite a number of their WWI A/C are either all original or cobbled together and they also have a number of accurate reproductions. DVII, Dr.1, Albatross, Sopwith, Newport, to list a few.
_Man and Machine_ _And nothing there in between_ _The Flying Circus and a man from Prussia!_ _The sky and his plane_ _The man commands his domain_ _The Western Front all the way to Russia!_
This is really cool to see. I am a bit late to the party, but it was cool to hear a bit about each pilot of the Flying Circus. Thanks for the post & well made video.
The squadron had a high reputation before the Red Baron took over. Most members had been hand-picked. Richthofen's mentor was the prior squad leader. They were called the flying circus because they could pick up and move to a new base very easily, and did so often, similar to a circus, not because of their paint schemes.
A Canadian in a regular plane took out the R Baron and his triplane - shows no matter how good you are, you let your guard down and you can in nano moments become anyone's game.
Well that's not true, they researched all the evidence, and they concluded that not Captain Brown downed him but most likely an Australian soldier named Snowy Evans, or maybe Sergeant Cedric Popkin, both are Australian. It's still not 100% proven but it's almost 99% proven that the shot came from the ground.
This is correct! The fire or shot came from an Australian position due to the fact the bullet entered under Manfred's armpit and came out his neck. One lucky (or rather unlucky) shot!
Sorry Canada ,, he was shot down by an Aussie ground gunner. Brown was a little too far high and far from MvR's 6. .He did make a valiant attempt a dove hard But and burst of he guns 99% missed . MvR was hit with 1 .303. On His side , most likely banked alittle wing low toward the ground fire. even in his combat Carrere Richthofen was shot down 3 times . his luck although had ran out on the third.
Sgt Cedric Popkin scored the fatal hit from 600 yards away with a .303 caliber bullet. A literal "one in a million" shot from that distance, shooting at a fast moving target...
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The Fokker Dr.I was a plane for specialists and accomplished fighter pilots. With it's exceptional rate of climb and maneuverability, it was a deadly craft indeed. But the lack of airspeed and visibility would tend to be a coffin for less experienced pilots. I always thought The Flying Circus moniker was due to the outrageous colors of the aircraft. It had a much more important role....they moved from location to location, based upon need, just like a traveling circus would do. Great video! I'd like to know what happened to those original fabric coverings!
Nice to see such a good job on these kites. Excellent paint work. Probably just as well that they are replicas rather than Fokker built given the appallingly lax attitude towards manufacturing and quality control, something that was only addressed when Reinhold Platz, the designer of the Dr.1, D.VII and E.V / D.VIII, took over the supervision of production after the Inspektion des Flugzeugwesens finally woke up to Fokker's criminal neglect. (see A.R.Weyl's authoritative work "Fokker, the Creative Years,")
The Red Baron was the worthiest of adversaries. Glad to see folks keeping these magnificent crates in the air...
It is sad how all WW1 Fokker Dr.I planes were destroyed. The last one was actually in a Museum in Berlin as part of Herman Gorings collection but was destroyed in an allied air raid in 1943 I believe.
Seeing the group photo of Jasta 11 reminds me of the first time I saw the album cover for Led Zeppelin II and immediately recognized that they used a photo of Manfred Von Richthofen's Jasta 11 as the basis of the cover. The old World War I photos are quite interesting to look at. The Fokker DR1's in this video are amazing. The sound of the engines kind of chilling. This time period was too much with these infant planes and the brave men that flew them. The Flying Circus with it's colored planes is a sight to behold but I'd imagine scary for allied pilots back in the day.
oh wow i didn't know that, thanks,i learnt something new today.
Fokker Dr.1 triplane is just a gorgeous plane. I recently became obsessed with Manfred von Richthofen, and I really enjoy this video.
Some of the best video of these aircraft in flight I've ever seen. Love to see these old crates banking and turning as shown here! This was the age when flight meant using the airflow over the wings to provide lift instead of a monster engine shoving the aircraft through the air. There's nothing more majestic than a WWI aircraft in flight.
Got to agree! Flying on the wing is much more graceful than brute force and ignorance! 😊
People don't believe me when I tell them that technically a 747 doesn't actually fly. It's more akin to water skiing through the sky!
I then ask them "why is it that you have to walk up hill when you are walking back to your seat from the lav?"
@@doraexplora9046 That's called flying.. Good God.. 🙄🙄
@@andrewlabat9963 That's not technically flying. That's surfing the air! "'Good God"'
@@doraexplora9046Same thing...
I love how some of them painted their planes so they would be camouflaged, as if these planes could sneak up on anyone with those engines.
Some pilots would kill their engine on the approach. Rickenbacker I believe was one of these.
Also- with your own engine running I'm sure it could be difficult to hear your enemy when they are a ways away.
The bright colours would make recognition easier during the melee.
@@ianreed1528 like Knights !
The reason for the camouflage was not against ground troops but against enemy aircraft. Even if you could actually see them, the colour schemes were designed for the purpose of distraction against the eyes. A split second indescion could mean the difference between life and death. That was the actual purpose of aircraft camouflage. Sometimes underneath the aircraft was also painted blue or blueish grey to camouflage against ground troops. Thinking behind that ploy was very simple. You could definitely hear them but you could not see them, and that's the name of the game. Survival.
My favorite type of plane, since I was a kid.
No telling how many Revell DR-1 model kits I assembled back then, all painted like the Baron's of course!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
@Dirk Pitt
Personally I'd do plenty of different schemes, but with more of the mottled splotched paint jobs than not.
Haha I did the Red Baron kit also
Same here, except most of my Triplane models were the old cheap 1/48 scale Aurora kits you'd get at the dime store. I must have made a couple dozen of them. But like nearly all my models I made as a kid, they didn't last longer than a couple weeks.
Fascinating historical material. Despite being a lifelong pacifist I can't fail to admire the skill and patriotism of these brave pilots.
Same . I hate weapons used in war and weapons in general... but the technology and history of the planes and ships is very interesting to me.
I'm surprised that one of those planes wasn't redone to replicate Hermann Goering's machine. He served with Richtofen, scored at least 20 kills, and was awarded the Blue Max.
Or Werner Voss. He was well up on the leader board for kills and his Fokker had one of the more distinctive schemes. Anyone who's ever seen the cowling of his plane, with the eyes and the mustache painted on, remembers it. His final battle is considered one of the most epic dogfights in WWI.
I was hoping to see Wolfram Von Richthofens plane. He was the Red Barons younger cousin and a later member of his squad added in early 1918. His first mission with the squadron was actually Manfred’s last. He went on to score 8 victories in what most sources say was a dark green Fokker Dr.I and he was later a Field Marshal in WW2.
They also left out Ernst Udet.
@Lightworker VonHelton
It was the Fokker D.VII (which started replacing the Dr. 1 by mid 1918) which Goering operated and applied an entirely white paint scheme.
the real flyboys from WW I had balls as big as grapefruit flying generally experimental aircraft !!!
Man and machine and nothing there in between
A flying circus and a man from Prussia
The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain
The western front and all the way to Russia
Death from above, you're under fire
Stained red as blood, he's roaming higher
Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies
That's where the legend will arise
And he's flying
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
First to the scene he is a lethal machine
It's Bloody April and the tide is turning
Fire at will it is the thrill of the kill
Four in a day shot down with engines burning
Embrace the fame, red squadron leader
Call out his name, Rote Kampfflieger
In the game to win, a gambler rolls the dice
Eighty allies paid the price
And he's flying
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
Higher
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
Higher
Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies
And the legend never dies
And he's flying
And he's flying
And he's flying
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
Higher, the king of the sky
He's flying too fast and he's flying too high
Higher, an eye for an eye
The legend will never die
(The Red Baron - Sabaton)
I was playing this in my head throughout the video - thanks
should also include Werner Voss and Kurt Wolfe
Sabaton, 6 years after this video was released: "it's free real state" *writes "The Red Baron" *
It should also be noted that the various color schemes used by these pilots was a means to quickly recognize each other in combat. If I recall, this was not used by the entire German Air Service. They stuck to a specific camo pattern.
Seeing these near 1:1 reproductions of these Fokkers in flight really shows just how fast they were for their time
What I wouldn’t give to have them fly at the next air show. A true snapshot of history
Great to see these other colour schemes apart from the famous Red Baron's. It really does bring the unit back to life. Pretty and cute to modern eyes, but seeing a swarm of these babies coming up behind would be nightmare to the back seater in the likes of an RE8. On both sides, brave men one and all.
That is just plain wrong - no one should be allowed that much fun!
Unless it's me.
It's hard to believe the guys who would have originally flown these were about my age. Most people think of us as children these days. I can't even imagine being a part of the squadron. Great video, I hope to be given a ride in something like this some day.
Brian
I'm 65 now, old fart, I was stationed in West Germany in the 70s and I dreamed of being able to go for a ride in one of these airplanes ( Fokker DR ) over Germany especially over the battlefields of 'The Bulge' since I was stationed at Air Force Bases in that area. Never got to do it, sadly, it was one of the things on my 'wish list' before I die; now they call it 'the bucket list' and every time I hear that phrase it makes me laugh because of a scene at the beginning of the movie 'It's A Mad Mad Mad World' where Jimmy Durante kicks a bucket down the hill just as he dies. I hope You get to fly in one of those WWI biplanes or tri-planes before You kick the bucket Best of Luck to You.
Excellent. My favorite paint scheme was to be the black and yellow Lola from the film The Great Waldo Pepper.
I have seen many of these videos, can't say just how I missed this one. I am stunned to have seen this and want to move to New Zealand now just to watch them in person !! Job well done Lads !
It's my dream to fly a Dr.1 sometime
My hat's off to all those at New Zealand that bring all this live action history to the public. Outstanding work on all aspects. Big thanks for bringing the historical past life back again.
the seventh jasta 11 pilot at the end sounds like video game main character where the protagonist doesn't usually talk and keeps their face hidden.
Wow! Awesome!
This is the first time the Jasta Dr.1s flew together in formation since the Great War! 🇩🇪👍👏
In 1992 at Lake Guntersville Alabama 6 Fokker dr 1 flew at an airshow .
SO COOL!! I love that rough sounding engine rumble, and that awesome wooshing sound they make when they fly past you
Remember that the originals had a two some inch fore-and-aft CG envelope. All the pilot had to do was lean, and aircraft was unstable, either nose or tail heavy. Add to that the engine torque, and it's gyroscopic effect, and that too steep a dive would peel the fabric off the underside of the top wing. (They found that if they moved the seam back a few inches, the fabric stayed in place.)
What's that clanging when the pilots walked?
Father knew an old man who flew them, for the Kaiser, in Chicago, back in the 40's
Wow , just wow !
I never thought I would live to see such a sight ,
fantastic !
They are pretty awesome!
@@historicalmachines Yes they are , wonderful ! 😀
Thank you again, New Zealand guys!! Awesome video and impressive documentation! You guys rule!!!
The Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre, next door to the airfield, has an extensive World War 1 display, including a tableau of the scene after Von Richthofen was shot down. It shows Australian soldiers swarming over the crashed aircraft, cutting bits off it as souvenirs, while two soldiers remove the pilot's boots.
One of the soldiers is shown removing the cross from the right side of the fuselage and, hanging on the wall nearby, is the original cross.
For anyone visiting Blenheim, spending a few hours in this most excellent museum is well worth the time.
Man that's sad.. I mean the man's boots. Disrespectful ☹️
Such a beautiful plane.
and you sure know about planes Buddy !..... BLAM!!!!
Tri planes are the most air worthy planes ever made; just awesome machines !!!
The Red Baron is back. Yessss
The triplanes are menacing even now. Imagine the terror back then.
Excellent vid!
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, The Cavalrymen of the Skies.. 🔥🔥
WOW! That' beautiful. It's just amazing to see those old aircraft in the air. I know they're replicas (cuz nothing that old would have survived for so long) but it's still just wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
Shuttle worth has a couple of original WW I aircraft. Their SE5a was built in 1917, I believe. Search on TH-cam, it's a joy to watch.
sopwithcamelus Yep, and an original Blériot XI is still in flying condition, having been built in 1909. Also at Shuttleworth!
"We're coming over, we're coming over. And we won't come back till it's over over there!"
the beauty of these old birds is so unique. it is not as advanced as the new jets today, but it gives you a feeling that you can build it in your garage and fly it to the sky like riding a bike, though actually, it's much more difficult.
SHEER BRILLIANCE...............Danke for posting !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Imagine the Austrailians and British people looking at the sky and seeing the ressurection of the red baron
Excellent video. I saw all these aircraft, and the new all-black eighth Triplane, at the 2015 Classic Fighters airshow. Great weekend. My first air show since I was a teenager.
I never knew WHY this plane was so much more superior to the Sopwith Camel and the Fokker DVII. However, just hearing the engine tells me everything I need to know. This was a massive step up in engine technology compared to those older planes. Aren't we lucky to be able to see and hear these wonderful aircraft more than a century after the war has ended.
Actually, the camel and d.vii were both better in most respects. Also, the d.vii was the best plane of the war.
One of the reasons was the short fuselage, which gave it a smaller turning circle . But it was slower , also not the easiest plane to land . It needed an expert pilot to fly it. . The wing loading would have been less also . But being slower if things got a little sticky it would have to stay and fight . Unless there was good cloud cover of course .
@@No.10_SopwithMan As a kid I came to that conclusion, while mucking around with balsa models, control line planes and the Hobby Co plastic control line planes.... that and the 'hell ton' of hours spent 'nose in books', researching these planes as a teenage boy!!!
No colour of werner voss???
Wow. I thought for sure Werner Voss would be on that list
Same. Voss, Herman Goring, Wolfram Von Richthofen and Ernst Udets planes should here been here too.
Voss was in command of a a different group, that being Jasta 10. Although he was great friends with the Richthofen Bros.
@@justinharvey1355 Voss was in Jagdgeschwader I, a large fighter wing made up of 4 fighter units/Jastas. It was commended by the Red Baron so technically he was part of the Richthofen squad.
When you said about the Fokker aircraft I immediately thought of that old joke about the Dutch airman who flew with the RAF. he was reminiscing about the time he was attacked by three aircraft, " I vos attacked by three Fokkers", some people started giggling and an RAF officer explained Fokkers are a type of German aircraft, the Dutch Ace added, " Ja und these fokkers ver Messerschmitts!"
Any oldie, but a goodie! ;-)
Absolutely love this display! I actually have some models of the triplane, I currently have the colors of Manfred Von Richthofen (152/17), Hans Weiss, and Johaness Janzen of Jasta 6
Edit: I’m currently trying to get more of these models, the company that makes them is CORGI, very high quality die cast metal would recommend buying from them!
Good grief, they are awesome! boy that red paint job really sets off that bird. Man listen to that rotary engine growl. Keep em flying!
Awesome,, magic to fly a peace of history.
Jasta11... best Warthunder nic I've heard
Jasta 11 is reunited once again, Knights of the Sky, Never Die! :D
The final plane had the coolest color scheme IMHO. Mystery pilot? How could that be? The Germans were meticulous record keepers.
Sure they were, but over time some of the records have been lost/destroyed and there's no evidence of which pilot/s flew a Dr.1 wit this colour scheme, despite the fact that photos exist of the aircraft.
@Richard Porter Excellent point!
It could be any one of us!
Assuming time travel gets invented, that is...
@Richard Porter Goering's plane was solid white
@Richard Porter Görings was white I think m8
beautiful aeroplanes
Wow!!! Wonderful to see all these tripes. I like the fact that they all had a touch of Red. I know why too. Lol
Excellent videography! And history!
Thank you very much! Lots more like it on Historical Machines TV (www.historicalmachines.tv)
attending the Omaka Classic fighters, when this vid was shot was a once in a lifetime experience as European by flying over there on occasion of a business trip to SIN 😊. But who knows, when they let us fly there still next Easter 2025 I will make a repeater. Have seen many airshows, but this one is the greatest for me in all aspects
wow what an incredible documentary and history recap.
Nice looking planes. Very well restored.
Absolutely fantastic!
Thanks a lot for sharing, this is very interesting!
Good informations and great pictures!
Beautiful flying and great narratives 😎
Even from last century, those 3 wings, or Tri-Plane(s) command respect! It's neat to learn about The Red Baron and his Squadron! We're the 3 wing configurations out-maneuvere the bi-planes? Interesting info about the what we would call the Swastika (albeit backwards) having a good luck meaning! Thank you for a beautiful history lesson!
That's supposed to read "Would the 3 wing..." Thank you!
Absolutely Beautiful. . . . . . .
Most fantastic thing Ive ever seen, thanks.
Reminds me of playing Red Baron by Dynamix in 1991. Got to fly a Triplane alongside a computer Baron a few times. I've tried playing the sim again in recent times but could never recapture the original feeling.
Sadly I think the thrill of playing those early flight sims was something that's hard to recapture -- they were so amazing for their time. While current sims are so much better in almost all respects, it's just not quite the same.... ;-)
most excellent re-engineered Oberursel rotary engines in those DR-1 triplanes !!!
Sorry, not a single one of these Dr.1s is using one of the reverse engineered Oberursels. There's a single Continental radials in there and all the rest ar Warner Scarab radials. Maybe one day they'll be re-engined....
This is amazing - the recreation of the JASTA 11 flying unit - I am Going to look more into this - The real flying unit - with the colour scemes correct - & those beautiful DR1 planes - To see one DR1 would be a thrill ! - To see all 7 fly in formation would truely be a dream ! - Really would !
Thankyou for sharing this short Docu ! SB - British Isles
The three wings allows a person to overlook how shout the fuselages are.
Bad shit to be the mother to Anthony Fokker.
Go to the Omaka Air Museum near Blenheim - it's worth it!
So amazing that any incursion back will have to be unilateral as well.
That is quite a sight !
This is so cool.
von Richthofen used a total of 5 triplanes to score 19 victories. All of them had blue undersides and a variety of colour schemes. The only time that 425/17 wore the Balkan cross was on the fatal flight. All the others had the Cross Patee. 425/17 MAY have had a white cowling.
That was awesome
While the bright colors may have influenced the name 'Flying Circus" veterans claimed it was the fact that the unit traveled on trains looking like Circuses as was common before (and after ) the war.
I'd kill for one of these
Charles Nungesser French fighter Ace was one of the most famous...
Agreed. They were all brave men and I have nothing but the highest respect for all those brilliant aviators of the "early days". 👍👍👍
Excellent video, great shooting and script.
IM INPRESSED MISTER!!!!
This is the greatest video ever thank you much 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wow, thanks
Man I would love to have that tail section he took off. Yeah it was not long before guys would see that red paint and get scared. Was a great idea to mentally cripple an enemy even before a dogfight.
It wasn't paint....It was printed or dyed fabric. Check out the camouflage fabric they used in lozenge schemes.....incredible!
Tempest Fury Nice never knew that. The ones at the Airforce Museum felt they had some kind of lacquer on them also.
@@ComdrStew : I believe they still teach fabric covering as one of the first lessons in flight mechanic schools. Some wood, screws, turnbuckles, and glue.....it will fly! The layers over the fabric was a glue brushed on, often called "dope" for obvious reasons!
amazig video and great history mate. cheers from the USA! the closest we have to accurate replicas for functional Great War reenacting is an FT-17 made of plywood! I could only wish to have grown up to see this at an airshow.
+Chris Ross If you're ever in NewYork, make the trip to Ol'Rhine-beck Aerodrome in Rhine-beck, NewYork. Quite a number of their WWI A/C are either all original or cobbled together and they also have a number of accurate reproductions. DVII, Dr.1, Albatross, Sopwith, Newport, to list a few.
_Man and Machine_
_And nothing there in between_
_The Flying Circus and a man from Prussia!_
_The sky and his plane_
_The man commands his domain_
_The Western Front all the way to Russia!_
Death from above you are under fire
Stained red as blood, he’s roaming higher!
Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies.
That's where the legend will arise!
Higher, the king of the skies. He's flying too fast and he's flying too high!
Higher! An eye for an eye, the legend will never die
This is really cool to see. I am a bit late to the party, but it was cool to hear a bit about each pilot of the Flying Circus. Thanks for the post & well made video.
its funny to think how small these aircraft are
+Banzai Sniper and burky
The squadron had a high reputation before the Red Baron took over. Most members had been hand-picked. Richthofen's mentor was the prior squad leader. They were called the flying circus because they could pick up and move to a new base very easily, and did so often, similar to a circus, not because of their paint schemes.
A Canadian in a regular plane took out the R Baron and his triplane - shows no matter how good you are, you let your guard down and you can in nano moments become anyone's game.
Well that's not true, they researched all the evidence, and they concluded that not Captain Brown downed him but most likely an Australian soldier named Snowy Evans, or maybe Sergeant Cedric Popkin, both are Australian. It's still not 100% proven but it's almost 99% proven that the shot came from the ground.
This is correct! The fire or shot came from an Australian position due to the fact the bullet entered under Manfred's armpit and came out his neck. One lucky (or rather unlucky) shot!
Sorry Canada ,, he was shot down by an Aussie ground gunner. Brown was a little too far high and far from MvR's 6. .He did make a valiant attempt a dove hard But and burst of he guns 99% missed . MvR was hit with 1 .303. On His side , most likely banked alittle wing low toward the ground fire. even in his combat Carrere Richthofen was shot down 3 times . his luck although had ran out on the third.
Sgt Cedric Popkin scored the fatal hit from 600 yards away with a .303 caliber bullet. A literal "one in a million" shot from that distance, shooting at a fast moving target...
Ka Bong Sorry,Australian ANZAC,S Shot him down,no Bragg,just fact.
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Thanks! I'm sure the closer we get to 100k the slower TH-cam makes it happen!
The red Baron flies again
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That was really interesting and well done. Thanks for the efforts!
The Fokker Triplane is in fact more like a fourplane.
Awesome camera work
You have forget Voss!!
voss wasnt in jg 1
@@bread5020 Yes, he was. He led Jasta 10 (within JG I) but was not a member of Jasta 11.
It's nice that Lothar Richthoffen was concerned about his health and only smoked Low Tar Cigarettes.
Awesome! Great video!
Beautiful!
Awesome video!
The Fokker Dr.I was a plane for specialists and accomplished fighter pilots. With it's exceptional rate of climb and maneuverability, it was a deadly craft indeed. But the lack of airspeed and visibility would tend to be a coffin for less experienced pilots.
I always thought The Flying Circus moniker was due to the outrageous colors of the aircraft. It had a much more important role....they moved from location to location, based upon need, just like a traveling circus would do.
Great video! I'd like to know what happened to those original fabric coverings!
Those planes have two massive indents toward the front of the seat to hold their Hugh balls.
Nice to see such a good job on these kites. Excellent paint work. Probably just as well that they are replicas rather than Fokker built given the appallingly lax attitude towards manufacturing and quality control, something that was only addressed when Reinhold Platz, the designer of the Dr.1, D.VII and E.V / D.VIII, took over the supervision of production after the Inspektion des Flugzeugwesens finally woke up to Fokker's criminal neglect. (see A.R.Weyl's authoritative work "Fokker, the Creative Years,")