Brown is still attribured with Von Richtofen's downing. Revisionist theories 60+ years after Browns death haven't changed that. If Brown was American instead of Canadian I suspect it would be one of the most indesputable facts in military history that the Red Baron was downed by the aircraft! :)
Beautiful flying replica. It doesn't have the original style rotary engine, but then, it is much more reliable with a radial instead. Check out my Red Baron song on the "BicyclingGuitarist" channel here on YouTube. The lyrics and images are historically accurate, and the song ROCKS! I wrote it on a bicycle, lol.
I wonder what Richtofen and Voss and all the other WW1 pilots would think of aviation today if they were still alive (there are a couple ww1 veterans still alive). I mean Jets, missles, computer guidance etc.
And they'd also probably think that not using a machine gun to shoot down ones enemy, rather using some computer and radar guided missiles to shoot down and enemy one doesn't even have visual of and who often doesn't even have a chance to shoot back would be "ungentlemanlike" and "cheating".
Markmanship was critical in WWI and that required good flying skills. No computers or other things helping the pilot like today.
@jayc981 soz,jay ur wrong Australians recovered the body and also gave him a full military funeral,u can check the real footage on you tube if you like, thats if you know your uniforms of WW1 weyou'll see they were Australians.
The comment about the ground gunner's round caliber is correct, but it is also true that the aircraft very often used the same caliber ammo. IF this were not the case it'd be a simple matter to determine if the Aussie gunner killed Richtofen. I believe he did and not Brown.
I think his head wound contributed to his poor judgement on his final flight. Which in earlier times he would not have made the mistakes he made on this flight.
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Mani and his Flying Circus motived themself by playing for onenightstands with women. When they had shot down a spezial number of planes, they could fuck with a woman. Richthofen got the Blue Max. "Stramme Max" is a Bavarian word for a hard dick. Someone in his one line was jeaoules at him, because he was very short away to have a special number of shooting planes down, he would fuck with a very wonderful woman. The guy manipulated his MG and Mani shot in his probeller. So he was a easy victim.
the bullet that killed him had upward motion that suggest it came on the ground so either from Cedric Popkin or W.J Evans so go get your facts right and if u dont believe me look it up
The Germans were pretty efficient with their confirmation process, so I doubt he had much more that 80 actual kills, including unconfirmed. In fact I know one of his DH2 kills was probably James McCudden, who actually was spinning as a ruse, recoveringto fly home and score a further 56 kills. So...who knows. 80 official :).
Wind, noise, smoke, you can actually smell and see the ground terrain below you... it still sends goose bumps around your arms... its um thrilling... I get this everytime I drive my beat up shot out old 83 turbo zcar to the grocery store.
this is a great video. awesome plane. but the baron was killed by a .303 rifle round shot from an Australian infantry soldier named Snowy Evans. it was one shot and it went through his ride side and out his left. what is the cost of a vintage craft like this?
According to the numbers, there were no other pilots as good as the baron, and no pilot ever brought him down, and unless that aussie did in April 21, 1918 no pilot ever would have.
A Captain Cunnell from 20 squadron RFC injured him badly enough on the 6th July 1917 to claim himself a victory.Richtofen was forced to land because of a head wound.
Actually the only bullet to pierce his plane was at an upward angle...since in entered his body around his left kidney and exited near his right nipple. So...Roy Brown may have shot at him in his Camel, but he didn't hit him. It is pretty obviously a round from the Aussie troops. Roy fired downward and from behind, while troops were shooting upward from the side....the latter being the angle of the hit.
I saw that apparently the engine is new, because his cylinders are static, as according to me, the cylinders of the old fokker dr 1 they were turning close to the helix.
But maybe I am wrong.
Still this way , it is a very beautiful plane, his pilot must be lucky
The Dr1 had some flaws.Sure it could climb well but its triplane configuration resulted in bigger drag too and slowed the plane down.The pilot had limited vision too because of the wings.Had not the Red Baron flown one I doubt it would be as well remembered.
What if the red baron flew a f-22? That would be OP as shit
trolldull 11 months ago
i bet not one person has pointed out the red baron didnt fly in a triplane and HIS PLANE WASNT EVEN RED
villagepizza2 1 year ago
@villagepizza2 he flew a triplane for his last 20 victories.
jaymzthaman 1 year ago
lol the last word the red baron said when they found him in his planes wreckage was "CAPUT" LOL!!!!!!
Legosun398 1 year ago
Von Richtofen was downed by Australian ground fire...that's the fact of the matter.
This is a cool video though.
smashingchap 1 year ago
Brown is still attribured with Von Richtofen's downing. Revisionist theories 60+ years after Browns death haven't changed that. If Brown was American instead of Canadian I suspect it would be one of the most indesputable facts in military history that the Red Baron was downed by the aircraft! :)
Yamieguy64 1 year ago
@Yamieguy64
Lol, true.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
Beautiful flying replica. It doesn't have the original style rotary engine, but then, it is much more reliable with a radial instead. Check out my Red Baron song on the "BicyclingGuitarist" channel here on YouTube. The lyrics and images are historically accurate, and the song ROCKS! I wrote it on a bicycle, lol.
BicyclingGuitarist 2 years ago
I wonder what Richtofen and Voss and all the other WW1 pilots would think of aviation today if they were still alive (there are a couple ww1 veterans still alive). I mean Jets, missles, computer guidance etc.
Daniel39363 2 years ago
@Daniel39363
They'd probably love the ejector seats.
And they'd also probably think that not using a machine gun to shoot down ones enemy, rather using some computer and radar guided missiles to shoot down and enemy one doesn't even have visual of and who often doesn't even have a chance to shoot back would be "ungentlemanlike" and "cheating".
Markmanship was critical in WWI and that required good flying skills. No computers or other things helping the pilot like today.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago 2
@McLarenMercedes todays weaponry is trying to eliminate the "game of death"
soxeyer 1 year ago
How many planes did he shot down?
PREDATORCroatia 2 years ago
he shot down 81, or at least 81 recorded
crewleader08 2 years ago
no, he was credited with 80 kills. His main contribution was as a leader and as a teacher.
BicyclingGuitarist 2 years ago
who actully killed the red baron will always be debated .
but it can never be debated who gave him a military funeral with honour like a hero he was rather then let him rot on the battlefield.
tyrantbad 2 years ago 9
@tyrantbad He was given a military funeral by the brittish because he and many other ww1 pilots had honor.
the red baron flew for competition not for killing
jayc981 1 year ago
@jayc981 soz,jay ur wrong Australians recovered the body and also gave him a full military funeral,u can check the real footage on you tube if you like, thats if you know your uniforms of WW1 weyou'll see they were Australians.
tyrantbad 1 year ago
Fokker dr.1 <3!!!!
LanzmanJan 2 years ago 2
The comment about the ground gunner's round caliber is correct, but it is also true that the aircraft very often used the same caliber ammo. IF this were not the case it'd be a simple matter to determine if the Aussie gunner killed Richtofen. I believe he did and not Brown.
I think his head wound contributed to his poor judgement on his final flight. Which in earlier times he would not have made the mistakes he made on this flight.
A legend in any case.
TrOuTster5 2 years ago
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Mani and his Flying Circus motived themself by playing for onenightstands with women. When they had shot down a spezial number of planes, they could fuck with a woman. Richthofen got the Blue Max. "Stramme Max" is a Bavarian word for a hard dick. Someone in his one line was jeaoules at him, because he was very short away to have a special number of shooting planes down, he would fuck with a very wonderful woman. The guy manipulated his MG and Mani shot in his probeller. So he was a easy victim.
Teimrich 2 years ago
wooooooooo go aussie soldiers for shooting him down
gtarulz 3 years ago
you idiot dont go and spam something witch aint right. Roy Brown and Raymond Collishaw May, killed the red baron both canadians...
mag1clog 2 years ago
the bullet that killed him had upward motion that suggest it came on the ground so either from Cedric Popkin or W.J Evans so go get your facts right and if u dont believe me look it up
gtarulz 2 years ago
True!.. It was a .303 Bullet.. none of the Planes carried this caliber.. Just ground Rifles.. a single shot and a heck of a lucky one!
berkelusa 2 years ago
it could also have come from some rifleman on that ground, as it wasn't too uncommon they took a few shots on the airplanes
in some cases ordinary riflemen did down aircraft by getting a lucky shot on them
let's just say that everybody recognized the red plane of the baron, and had him in their sights from the ground
McLarenMercedes 2 years ago
How did von Richthofen died? Natural, plane accident, Killed in action?
Kalenichtenneuker 3 years ago
he was killed in action in april 1918, by either a canadian fighter pilot, or a austraillian machine gunner (both are up for debate)
rdvd7 3 years ago 2
Its really cool a guy at my school is related to him. What a small world!!
TCbabe11 3 years ago
who The red 'Baron' ore Roy?
Kalenichtenneuker 3 years ago
was it 138 kills ,? he shot down
shaun7the7mod 3 years ago
Manfred Von Richtofen got 80 kills i think, if that is who your talkin bout
NIGHTEHAWK 3 years ago
80 confirmed kills, but probably more than 100 in total.
Ben5021 3 years ago
ya probley
NIGHTEHAWK 3 years ago
The Germans were pretty efficient with their confirmation process, so I doubt he had much more that 80 actual kills, including unconfirmed. In fact I know one of his DH2 kills was probably James McCudden, who actually was spinning as a ruse, recoveringto fly home and score a further 56 kills. So...who knows. 80 official :).
SSchultz82 3 years ago
yea lol
NIGHTEHAWK 3 years ago
Awsome! He's right, it couldn't get any better.
ingaguzman 3 years ago
Wind, noise, smoke, you can actually smell and see the ground terrain below you... it still sends goose bumps around your arms... its um thrilling... I get this everytime I drive my beat up shot out old 83 turbo zcar to the grocery store.
cobrachoppergirl 3 years ago
this is a great video. awesome plane. but the baron was killed by a .303 rifle round shot from an Australian infantry soldier named Snowy Evans. it was one shot and it went through his ride side and out his left. what is the cost of a vintage craft like this?
flyhelis1464 3 years ago
Is this video a documentary ? What's its name ?
Ameed1992 3 years ago
the red baron wasnt shot down by a pilot but a mounted gun on the ground
csenkb 3 years ago 7
@csenkb Well that's actually a very big debate that has been going on for a while
poik12 1 year ago
@csenkb wrong, he was shot down by billy bishop. he didnt die from being shot by the canadian, but from the impact of the crash
mrspritezero 1 year ago
beautiful...
TiffanYnaffiT 3 years ago
Great Vid, Love the war birds
twinturbo199 4 years ago
According to the numbers, there were no other pilots as good as the baron, and no pilot ever brought him down, and unless that aussie did in April 21, 1918 no pilot ever would have.
cageguard 4 years ago
didnt win the crouts the war though did he
twinturbo199 4 years ago
tard
GregDucati 3 years ago
A Captain Cunnell from 20 squadron RFC injured him badly enough on the 6th July 1917 to claim himself a victory.Richtofen was forced to land because of a head wound.
C906070 3 years ago
Acanadian shot him up bad enough that he crashed into the ground but an austrialian MG gunner was shooting at them during the fight
Ironmanemw 3 years ago
Actually the only bullet to pierce his plane was at an upward angle...since in entered his body around his left kidney and exited near his right nipple. So...Roy Brown may have shot at him in his Camel, but he didn't hit him. It is pretty obviously a round from the Aussie troops. Roy fired downward and from behind, while troops were shooting upward from the side....the latter being the angle of the hit.
SSchultz82 3 years ago
And Ernst Udet, Max Immelmann...
fzr2 4 years ago
Thank you fzr2, I was having a brain spazm there and forgot about the other pilots, I forgot their names.
~Ted
fivestander 4 years ago
That's ok we all have those spasms, usually vodka induced in my case!
fzr2 4 years ago
me gusta mucho que avion es ? un Fokker DR. 1 ?
paulbarneau 4 years ago
si or watever you say yep its a fokker plane
horsecowgirl 4 years ago
Pero tiene un motor moderno no? porque los cilindros están fijos, segun se el del fokker dr 1 los cilindros giraban junto con la helice.
como sea es un avion muy hermoso, que suerte la de su piloto no? :)
locma 4 years ago
im sorry i dont realy understand repete n french or english je parle francais et englais
horsecowgirl 4 years ago
Forgive me.
I saw that apparently the engine is new, because his cylinders are static, as according to me, the cylinders of the old fokker dr 1 they were turning close to the helix.
But maybe I am wrong.
Still this way , it is a very beautiful plane, his pilot must be lucky
Regards from chile ( sorry my english)
locma 4 years ago
ok thanks lol
horsecowgirl 4 years ago
locma...You are right, the engine was a 9 cylinder rotary...used a mix of wood alcohol and caster bean oil for fuel.
i2455 3 years ago
The coments on this video sums up the awesome experience and adventure of flying, well done.
eggtoc 4 years ago
Excellent clip, wish there was more.
eggtoc 4 years ago
great plane made by antony fokker dutchmen
knakworst12 4 years ago
Great! One gets the feeling of freedom in the air!! 5 starz!!
Dickens123 4 years ago
The Dr1 had some flaws.Sure it could climb well but its triplane configuration resulted in bigger drag too and slowed the plane down.The pilot had limited vision too because of the wings.Had not the Red Baron flown one I doubt it would be as well remembered.
McLarenMercedes 4 years ago
Great model it looks exactly like Richtofen's original Bi - plane minus the scorecard of course.
stagism 5 years ago
if it has 3 wings its a triplane or as the germans called it "dreidecker"
saddamhater88 5 years ago