General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: 1ijac on January 02, 2018, 01:52:33 PM
Title: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: 1ijac on January 02, 2018, 01:52:33 PM
The link is to a rare film of the Red Baron preparing to take to the skies.
https://shar.es/12Ag7e
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Arlo on January 02, 2018, 02:03:03 PM
I was pleased to find out it's a Youtube video. :)
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Kanth on January 02, 2018, 02:37:50 PM
That's pretty cool, thanks 1ijac :cheers:
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Post by: Puma44 on January 02, 2018, 02:51:35 PM
Very cool! My how things have changed. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: 1ijac on January 02, 2018, 05:36:04 PM
This was the little narrative that came with it in an e-mail:
-- . The Baron was Amazing!
Dang, no wonder Snoopy never had a chance, lol.
Subject: 100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI 100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI Baron Von Richthofen....100-year old film. Whoever thought of an engine in which the propeller is attached to the engine block, the crankshaft is attached to the aircraft bulkhead, and the whole engine block rotates around the crank as it turns the prop must have had nightmares trying to think of the lubrication and the ignition systems. Amazingly, it worked! It had so much rotational inertia that the aircraft was forced to turn left (or right) in a dive and turn the other way in a climb. The enemy knew this and shot left or right of the aircraft during a dive.
100 year old footage of the Red Baron during WWI Notice them squirting oil … on the valve stems, I would guess, prior to spinning the prop. The following is a very rare piece of film, 100 years old. It shows Baron Von Richthofen, doing an external prior to a mission, as well as his putting on a flying suit prior to flight in cold weather. If you look closely you will notice Hermann Goering. The Aussies claim that one of their machine gunners on the ground shot the Baron down on 4 June 1915… To think this film is almost 100 years old! If you're interested in history or aviation, you cannot miss this footage. It was just posted online, and I've never seen anything like it. It's from 1917, and it's an up-close and personal look at the most legendary combat pilot who ever lived, the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen. Watch the extremely rare, extremely old footage and re-live history. ULTRA-RARE footage of the most famous fighter pilot ever.
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Brooke on January 04, 2018, 02:13:13 AM
Thanks for posting, 1i. :aok
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Oldman731 on January 04, 2018, 07:17:37 AM
I was pleased to find out it's a Youtube video. :)
I did not know they had YouTube in 1917 :headscratch:
Hey! Maybe I can find the Red Baron on instagram! :banana:
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Mano on January 04, 2018, 06:06:45 PM
We had some interesting debates on how the rotary engine was modeled in AH when the WWI arena first came online. The anecdotal reports were the radial engines were unruly, unstable and very hard to fly. The F1 Camel and Fokker Dr1 both had this type of engine. Many pilots lost their lives taking off and landing in the Camel.
Good film.
:salute
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: redcatcherb412 on January 05, 2018, 03:18:49 PM
My adoptive parents had a sense of humor. My sister and I were adopted from a German orphanage after WW2 by a US couple. My adoptive Dad was in the Army as an EOD specialist on D-day at Omaha beach. My adoptive Mom told me that in some type of fit of humor, he insisted my adoptive middle name be 'Manfred' after the Baron. As a kid all I read was books on the world wars with my favorites about the flyers. Don't know why.
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Shuffler on January 10, 2018, 04:51:21 PM
Amazing footage. This was actually quite some time before he was shot down. You can see when he removes his hat that he does not have his head wrapped. Quite awhile before he was shot down he received a head wound that never really healed completely. After which he kept his head wrapped.
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Arlo on January 10, 2018, 05:00:28 PM
Amazing footage. This was actually quite some time before he was shot down. You can see when he removes his hat that he does not have his head wrapped. Quite awhile before he was shot down he received a head wound that never really healed completely. After which he kept his head wrapped.
Actually, when he removes his visor cap to put on hit flight helmet you can see he does have a bandage on top of his head. The strap around his neck isn't from the hat.
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: quig on January 13, 2018, 06:13:20 PM
Actually, when he removes his visor cap to put on hit flight helmet you can see he does have a bandage on top of his head. The strap around his neck isn't from the hat.
Interesting.........
Title: Re: Red Baron rare film 1917
Post by: Arlo on January 17, 2018, 05:05:39 PM