Several french aircraft of World War 1. Right rear view of the French Brequet 14 biwing bomber. Gunner's circular ring gun mount seen in rear cockpit. Camera pans along right wings. View, from right side, of a Caproni Ca.3 trimotor biwing bomber taxiing forward, with nose wheels off the ground, after ground crewman steps out from under from under right wing. Diamond 5 painted on its fuselage. Characteristic triple tail,tail skids, double wheels, and tricycle gear,are visible. view from left side of another Caproni, with Diamond 1 painted on its fuselage. Aviators occupy tandem seats. The aircraft rests on its tricycle gear. Ground crew pull chocks from wheels and it makes right turn out from parking position. Rear view of a parked Caproni shows twin forward engines and rear pusher engine of the aircraft. Next sequence shows an unusual Voisin V experimental aircraft, tail number V.1889, parked in front of a hangar. As the camera pans from the tail forward the aircraft looks like a standard model 5. However, as the view extends to the cockpit, the fuselage is seen to extend much further, forward, and a mechanic works on something (engine) in the extended fuselage. As the camera continues panning, it appears to show another propeller (puller) installed at the front. So this aircraft number V.1889, appears to be the Voisin V (only one) that was modified as an experimental twin engine (pusher-puller) version, in 1916.
French airplanes used for observation in World War 1. A twin engine Caudron airplane parked, with engines running, on a grass field. A Sopwith two-place 1-1/2 strutter airplane with Scarff ring-mounting for Lewis gun in rear cockpit. Tail number P I-A2 visible on rudder which is being moved by an aviator in the cockpit. Another person stands next to the aircraft, which is parked in front of a hangar. Next scene show ground crewman turning propeller on a Salmson 2 airplane parked in front of a hangar. Closeup of the airplane with engine running and two aviators on board. Closeup of the aircraft engine.
Student pilots gather around as French military instructor in World War 1. He shows basic controls to student in cockpit of a non-flyable training airframe. The instructor stands on a permanent ladder affixed to the fuselage and wing. The student moves the flight controls as the instructor tells him. A metal sign hangs on the fuselage warning students to perform acrobatic maneuvers safely. (WWI. WW1)
French aviation officers practice tracking moving targets through skeet shooting during World War 1. Assistants launch targets into the air and the shooters fire at them. Scene shifts to the officers firing machine guns from airplane-type gun ring installations. (WWI. WW1)
View from inside a hangar as a team of ground crewmen push an airplane outside, where a grass field is seen, filled with Nieuport airplanes. One taxis out for takeoff.
During World War 1, a French naval aviator climbs into the hull of a Franco-British Aviation Type H flying boat, marked F.B.A. #8. Another crew member is already aboard and the engine is running. They taxi out in the water and take off in the aircraft. As they taxi for takeoff, a Breguet 14H float plane lands in background. Aerial views from the airborne F.B.A. Type H, showing boats in the water below. Next are seen two voisin 3 float planes taxiing slowly in water. A Viosin 3 float plane taxis rapidly up onto a wooden ramp. (WWI. WW1)
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