Breguet's Crashfile ID #693

[Breguet]

For Patrick:

Scoreboard at the end of the Breguet's Crash File Challenge # 692 :
Fokker M 14 Eindecker (E.III or late production E.I)

95.45 FLAMINGO ¤
92.00 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger ¤
70.25 Lodzermensch ¤
51.00 Froggy ¤
47.00 richard B ¤
34.00 Rbailey ¤
32.70 YavorD ¤
30.80 Breguet ¤
18.45 AQUILIUS
18.25 AROTH
16.30 Varese2002
14.00 John McKenzie
12.80 '14-'18aviationcollector
10.30 Rod_Filan
08.80 Patrick
08.10 Gregvan
08.00 ONEALM
07.50 matte_kudasai
06.40 Expositor
06.00 Dan_San_Abbott
05.75 Ross
05.70 Jeroplan
05.50 Gilles
05.25 Rexee
05.20 Albatros1234
05.20 Crankcase
05.20 Laserlloyd
05.20 SCMc
05.00 Albatros_Ace
05.00 Kilian .................. Have to wait three hours

04.50 Rufe ................... May start immediately
04.00 Al Forbes
04.00 Berman
04.00 Edmondy
04.00 Eric
03.80 gregorydquist
03.50 sergio_vitalio
03.30 PaulForster
03.20 Colin A Owers
04.10 Catfish
03.00 Crimso
03.00 Sobrien
02.00 Johnnick
02.70 Tbstreet
02.00 Cruze
02.00 Rickenbaron
01.80 Tom L
01.50 Nieuport 14
01.45 Ransom E. Olds
01.10 Jellytwig
01.00 ArisKosionidis
01.00 airwarrior
01.00 Ampovandak
01.00 brisfitworks
01.00 Cigogne
01.00 Cliff
01.00 Graham Hunter
01.00 misa2
01.00 Missouri Mule
01.00 Pvernon
01.00 rammjaeger
01.00 RONNY BAR
01.00 Tork1945
01.00 Troy Raines
01.00 ulpilot
00.50 Aeronaut

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[Flamingo]

Twin floats, tail float with rudder - I would call it a Sopwith Schneider.

[Breguet]

Flamingo has it ! (And the next challenge)......

Makes for a good read:

Calshot Naval Air Station,
Fawley, Hants.
Friday 19 November 1915

Dear Mother

Oh day of woe! Alas alack & welladay! etc, etc. I have had my first smash today.

I went up in a Schneider for the first time today and got up to 7000 feet - my record now - in 20 minutes. Came down with my engine off at 90 knots - about 110 miles an hour - and landed in a most delightful sea – waves about 4 feet high. Some landing.

I leapt from one wave to another until the starboard float went and jerked the wheel out of my hand, the engine picked up and before I could switch off, the machine slewed round to the right and charged the Calshot light buoy, smashing the prop. So then I got out and stood on the remaining float and when the motor boat dashed up at 19 knots I caught their line and made fast. The moment they began to tow, the machine turned over so I dived overboard right into a wire which has left a nice bump on my head and struck out for the motor boat & clambered on board.

It took us an hour and 40 minutes to tow the machine back, so you may guess I was a bit cold when I got in, and as the tide runs out about 7 knots there was nothing worth saving out of the mess except the engine. As the machine costs about £1500 and the engine £950 that’s £550 damage to my credit!! And there is a Flight Commander now at the CFS [Central Flying School] at Upavon who has 32 smashes to his credit, and boasts of it too!!!

Much love to all
Douglas

NAS: Hume papers: GD486/85




Scoreboard at the end of the Breguet's Crash File Challenge # 693:
Sopwith Schneider

96.45 FLAMINGO ¤
92.00 FOKKERJ Feuchtwanger ¤
70.25 Lodzermensch ¤
51.00 Froggy ¤
47.00 richard B ¤
34.00 Rbailey ¤
32.70 YavorD ¤
30.80 Breguet ¤
18.45 AQUILIUS
18.25 AROTH
16.30 Varese2002
14.00 John McKenzie
12.80 '14-'18aviationcollector
10.30 Rod_Filan
08.80 Patrick
08.10 Gregvan
08.00 ONEALM
07.50 matte_kudasai
06.40 Expositor
06.00 Dan_San_Abbott
05.75 Ross
05.70 Jeroplan
05.50 Gilles
05.25 Rexee
05.20 Albatros1234
05.20 Crankcase
05.20 Laserlloyd
05.20 SCMc
05.00 Albatros_Ace
05.00 Kilian .................. Have to wait three hours

04.50 Rufe ................... May start immediately
04.00 Al Forbes
04.00 Berman
04.00 Edmondy
04.00 Eric
03.80 gregorydquist
03.50 sergio_vitalio
03.30 PaulForster
03.20 Colin A Owers
04.10 Catfish
03.00 Crimso
03.00 Sobrien
02.00 Johnnick
02.70 Tbstreet
02.00 Cruze
02.00 Rickenbaron
01.80 Tom L
01.50 Nieuport 14
01.45 Ransom E. Olds
01.10 Jellytwig
01.00 ArisKosionidis
01.00 airwarrior
01.00 Ampovandak
01.00 brisfitworks
01.00 Cigogne
01.00 Cliff
01.00 Graham Hunter
01.00 misa2
01.00 Missouri Mule
01.00 Pvernon
01.00 rammjaeger
01.00 RONNY BAR
01.00 Tork1945
01.00 Troy Raines
01.00 ulpilot
00.50 Aeronaut