Designed by Reinhold Platz, the Dr1 was a direct attempt to copy the successful Sopwith Triplane. Armed with two forward firing Spandau machine guns, it was highly manoeuvrable, and was a favourite mount of a number of German aces such as Werner Voss and the legendary Manfred von Richthofen.

556/17 which was built by its owner, Peter Bond in 2010. It replicates the Dr1 flown by Leutnant Ludwig "Lutz" Beckmann also of Jasta 6 in March 1918 which was then based at Lechelle. Beckmann survived the Great War and commanded a transport unit of the Luftwaffe in WW2.

Le temps des hélices 2018

Great Air War Musuem first Dr1 cutting under the camera plane

I thought it would be good to have a matching partner for the Nieuport 17 when printed off. Should look good framed next to each other.

Nutt's Tomato Pie.Titusville NJ 35mm Nikon FM2 Ilford XP2

Great Air Wars Museum first Dr1 taxing in after photo mission

For this month’s Kickin' it Oldschool build challenge over at LUGNuts, I decided on a World War I era double build...a car modeled after an aircraft. The car is a T-Bucket Hot Rod customized from a 1919 Ford Model-T while the plane is a Fokker DR1 Triplane...the same model as the famous Red Baron. Its stark black and white color configuration matches that of the model that is at the Seattle Museum of Flight. The seats on both vehicles are a lovely dark tan while the dashboard and shifter on the T-Bucket replicates the controls onboard the aircraft. The dark grey carburetor disks matches the plane’s engine heads, the white radiator corresponds with the engine cowling, while the Iron Cross adorns both vehicles.

I grin every time I see these two posed together so I hope you enjoy viewing this double build as much as I enjoyed building them!

Broad St Phila Pa 35mm

South Jersey 35mm Yashica T4 Ilford HP5

Downtown LA

Portrait.Grassroots Music Store,Ocean City NJ.35mm Nikon FM2 Ilford XP2

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

North Weald, July 2002.

R.I.P buck

RA4 Print Hasselblad Portra 400 Olympic National Park

Fokker Dr1 Fokker Triplane from the Great War Display Team at Shoreham Air Show 2014

www.greatwardisplayteam.com/

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