Well, it was built in 1942, so it couldn't be a WWI plane. I did also see a Messerschmidt in a hangar, but saw the Fokker in the air. It was fun because we had US Army markings and they had German military markings so we did a little bit of mock dogfighting between the bi-plane and the tri-plane. They even had machine guns still mounted to the plane, but we were in a PT (primary trainer) so we had no guns.
I have never seen a Messerschmidt tri-plane and this was definitely a Fokker because my brother has met the guy who owns it. He usually keeps it in Rhinebeck NY. It's all black. Great looking airplane. John Nasta -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chevelle 69 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Chevelle-List] [OT] birthday ride I thought only WWI planes had Bi Wings ? How do you know that Fokker wasn't a Messershmidt? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John Nasta Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 9:12 PM To: Chevelle List; Olds Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-List] [OT] birthday ride Today my brother took me flying in a 1942 US Army Stearman PT-17 (open cockpit WWII biplane). Super cool. We also saw a Fokker triplane with German military markings. I could learn to like this. Uh-oh, another expensive hobby... John Nasta ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
