Oct 16th 2016: Centenary of the Raid on Oberndorf

[IAHM-COL]

I have an Halberstadt D.II that will be added for the flight.

I've flown the other two you listed. I'll try the Halberstadt DII for this flight then

[LesterBoffo]

I have an Halberstadt D.II that will be added for the flight.

I've flown the other two you listed. I'll try the Halberstadt DII for this flight then

I'm not sure I've even uploaded it to my Repo.

[IAHM-COL]

will it be available for a week before Oct 16th?

[LesterBoffo]

You know, I've got way too much on my plate this fall. I don't need to be taking on more timetable critical stuff, and the Halb D.II is far from finished.

Maybe let's just all show up in our favorite old kites and go from there?

[IAHM-COL]

good

I'll test.

[jwocky]

Albatros D.I, maybe with some stomach aches Albatros D.II (I could find in the whole area were actually three of them, one flown by Boelcke on Oct. 12, 1916 out of Habsheim (take off time was 1:50 according to the war log of KEK Habsheim), one flown by a younger brother of the Red Baron, but he didn't find any of the entente planes on Oct. 12 (Jasta2, out of Voul, which has to be a transcription error)a nd I couldn't find a third pilot for the third plane that day in the quick, it looks like she was operable because she was armed and fueled on Oct 11 and flew a patrol over the lines piloted by Werner Voss.

Raymond Collingshaw was actually a Canadian (born in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Nov. 22, 1893, Zodiac asign was very fitting Sagittarius). He got his pilot's license in January 1916 (as many of the later aces on both sides, he didn't even fly before). He got his first air victory during the raid on Oberndorf when he shot down Ludwig Hanstein. Hanstein had just a few minutes earlier shot down the first bomber of the raid. Hanstein survived an emergency landing, some would call it a typical Jabberwocky landing and became over time an ace himself before he was killed in late 1917, I think. Collingshaw was at the time of the raid with RNAS 3. He would make it to be high4est scoring pilot in RNAS and second highest Canadian pilot in WWI. In WWII, he would be raise to squadron leader, then commander of Group 204, the desert force. While officially not even supposed to fly anymore, he flew actually sometimes with his men, spitfires mostly and messed with much younger German WWII aces like Hans Joachim Marseille (100+ air victories before an engine defect killed him).

More from the history corner later ...

[LesterBoffo]

Who's in for a practice flight from Belfort tomorrow at, say, 10:00-ish AM Pacific time?

[IAHM-COL]

I'm unable.
I'll see you guys on the 10/16

[D-ECHO]

Sry but what's that in utc?

[IAHM-COL]

Who's in for a practice flight from Belfort tomorrow at, say, 10:00-ish AM Pacific time?

Sry but what's that in utc?

@D-ECHO.
Lester's proposed time above is Sunday October 2nd 17:00 UTC

IH-COL