WWl Fighters on PBS

[Worthless]

Wednesday at 9pm Eastern US time....a one hour show on NOVA. This is probably a repeat. Still, the PBS write-up sounds interesting.

"NOVA explores classic World War I fighters, some of aviation's most deadly early flying machines.Long Description:
When World War I began in 1914, the air forces of the opposing nations consisted of handfuls of rickety biplanes from which pilots occasionally took pot shots at one another with rifles. By 1918, the fighter had become an efficient killing machine with a growing strategic impact on the outcome of the war. With the help of aviation buffs dedicated to bringing back classic WWI fighters, NOVA joins the team as they uncover the secrets of some of aviation's most colorful and deadly early flying machines and explores how their impact played a key role in the nightmare slaughter of the Western Front.

[AER_DaddyO]

Worthless...

THANX for the heads up, on what looks a to be an informative and entertaining documentary. For those that are interested in the era, attached link to a UTube clip, featuring an awesome air display of a Fokker DR.I replica. Like the original DRIs, this one has a spinning rotary engine, and the pilot really puts the airframe through it's paces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMBZgmiYIiY

AER_DaddyO

"Don't just stand there... get one up!"

[Blood_Hawk23]

Hopefully they will do a better job then what the History channel did. I hate seeing the same footage over and over.

Nova is normally realy good. I'll set the DVR.

[Worthless]

This was different BH. All about a team of modern day airplane builders in NZ constructing and flying exact replicas of WWl machines. More the history of the early observation aircraft than combat aircraft. It goes into the early employment of these AC in surveying the battlefield and also some of the first efforts to mount guns on these machines. It was too short a show to get into much detail. Most of the footage was color of the replicas. It was quite interesting.

[Blood_Hawk23]

Its on again Saturday-Sunday 1am. I have my DVR all set.