WWI Plane choice

[Noir]

No French plane is the first four, I am disappointed ! 

[straffo]

Not a real surprise ,no ?

[Anaxogoras]

I would have expected the Spad XIII or the Nieuport 17 to be in the first release.  HTC might have been a little perplexed when there were no American planes to model, which hopefully explains the omission.

[bustr]

Morane Sauliner
Newport
SPAD

Bristol
Sopwith Triplane, Pup, Camel and Snipe
DeHavilland
S.E.5
Vickers

Albatros
Aviatik
D.F.W.
Fokker
Friedrichshafen
Gotha
Hannoversche
Roland
L.V.G.
Pflaz
Halberstadt
Rumpler
Zepplin

Macchi
FIAT
S.V.A

Jenny
Thomas Morse Scout

[Anaxogoras]

That's a nice list bustr, but its length obscures the fact that the Nieuport and Spad series made a far bigger impact than 90% of the names you list.

[bustr]

As did the Albatross and even the Dr1. The Albatross dictated British and French rapid development of competative fighters. Bloody April anyone. I would think asking where is the Sopwith Triplane and Pup just as correct. They were answers to the Albatross as well as the Newport 11 to the Fokker Scourge.

[straffo]

There was no newport plane ever build in France ... but some nieuport




and some Morane-Saulnier too

[bustr]

Sorry, when I took french in highschool I spelled everything phoneticly.

Nieuport 11<----happy now <S>

[Treize69]

Nieuport series was also an important aircraft to many smaller Allied air forces (ie.- Belgium, Rumania, Russia, etc.), as was the SPAD. Most successful in French hands, but by no means French exclusively.

And I'm torn over which to hope for first personally, the Albatros D.II or the Nieuport 28C. Both are drool worthy IMO.

We should start out with Eindeckers and Avro 504s though.   

[bozon]

I would have expected the Spad XIII

Now that is a real plane.

[straffo]

Sorry, when I took french in highschool I spelled everything phoneticly.

Nieuport 11<----happy now <S>

I always spell french phonetically ,I must say it's easier for me  

[Baumer]

I had expected a Nieuport or Spad before the Bristol. I'm thinking that they will probably be the first one's to add in a couple months.

But after seeing the Sopwith Dolphin as a kid at Rhinebeck Aerodrome, that's first on my list to add.     

[Noir]

No French plane is the first four, I am disappointed ! 

I meant "IN" the first four. The Spad XIII would be my plane of choice, but I guess it would be perk material 

[Noir]

Not a real surprise ,no ?

Not really, I was hoping they knew better

[Wmaker]

When I heard there were going to be four planes added, I also thought SPAD XIII would have been there instead of the Bristol Fighter. But it looks like HTC wanted to one bigger scout and Bristol Fighter certainly fits the bill. After that, Camel is pretty much a must have and 2 axis rides vs to allied rides sounds like a smart devision.