i had the great fortune as a kid to have helped in the restoration of the Albatros DVa that is now in the Australian War Memorial. and have left me with a deep love of wooden aircraft.

The best most researched information about famous as well as little known WWI aircraft I’ve come across.

Thanks for the photo of the D.IV. That is the only photo I have seen of it.

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

Just now finding this channel. It’s very well done. Looks like it maybe abandoned. Thanks KZread algorithm ppl who watch Drachinifel like me would probably love this channel. But no, just finding years later. Even though I’ve searched for content like many times.

Loved the video. Very well researched and accurate. Thank you!

great coverage. thank yew.

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciated.

A voice to rival drachinifel!

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Given that Drachinifel inspired this channel, and has been of considerable help responding to questions and feedback, I'd rather consider myself a complement to his channel than a rival.

Thanks for the Christmas present!

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Apologies for picking a nit here, but I believe that "Idflieg" is pronounced "id-fleeg", not "id-flyg". The German word for flyer is "flieger", and is pronounced "FLEEG-er".

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that did occur to me ... afterwards. At which point I wasn't going to re-record the thing and then have to edit the audio again and then re-upload it.

@hlynnkeith9334

3 жыл бұрын

In fact, Idflieg is pronounced 'id-fleek'. Germans pronounce a final 'g' as a 'k'. So 'Guten Tag' is "goot'n tahk", not 'goo-ten tog'. IMO it would be better to record the audio anew with the corrections. I find the mispronunciations bloody annoying.

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

@@hlynnkeith9334 I shall bear that in mind. Please don't bring up my questionable pronunciation of Serbian or Japanese.

@hlynnkeith9334

3 жыл бұрын

@@Forgotten_Aviation FWIW I thought your pronunciation of French in a different video quite good.

@Forgotten_Aviation

3 жыл бұрын

@@hlynnkeith9334 No chance I can make the excuse that what German I have was learned in the Kärnten state of Austria :)?

It appears as if the German engines developed less horsepower than their enemy counterparts however they just used a different horsepower calculation formula. Though I do believe they were falling behind in octane

@13stalag13

2 жыл бұрын

That's because the Germans concentrated on aerodynamics, while the Allies went with engine power.

What about the Albatros D-Va?

mass producing an aircraft that was not air combat stable does not mean it is of no use.they can be flown by less trained pilots for the purpose of ground attacks by which a well trained air combat pilot,with better airplanes could try to protect the strafing,ground attack aircraft.with the US entering the war,the air combat pilots could not serve both duties.losing good pilots to ground fire is not good,as example,the red baron was lost to ground fire.i like these vids..

Apparently you forgot the Alb D-Va, which was the replacement for the D-V. Also, the Alb D-III hadn't even been released for service until late March 1917, so they would hardly be looking for a lighter one in 1916! I like your videos, but you really need to do your homework first. Also, it was the Alb D-III that was ordered by the Amerika Program, NOT the D-V. The D-III was produced until the middle of 1918.