World War 1 Aircraft - British Scout Experimental 5 Model A

Just to give a bit of background information on this video, the bit of film this is off of is from March 1918 and was taken at the aerodrome of No. 32 Squadron at Amiens. It's relatively short, but by today's standards, it's quality footage that's a very rare thing to see. There's a brief segment in which two-seaters are shown with the pilot and gunner chatting together in flight gear and studying their map. I just included it because I didn't want to cut anything out. After that, it shows the actual squadron's SEs lined up and preparing for takeoff.

It's probably one of the most famous British fighters of the war, especially since it was the aircraft that German ace Werner Voss fought against in his last and most epic battle. Engaging seven SEs, Voss fought for 10 minutes against James McCudden and Arthur Rhys-Davids before a burst from Rhys-Davids' guns killed him and sent his Fokker DR1 down over the lines.

I had some old canister films of DR1s and the first Scout Experimentals, but they were destroyed some years ago when I was moving. There were only 77 original SE planes built before the A model was introduced, which improved wing stability greatly.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Crew: One
Length: 20 ft 11 in (6.38 m)
Wingspan: 26 ft 7 in (8.11 m)
Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.89 m)
Wing area: 444 ft² (22.67 m²)
Empty weight: 1,410 lb (639 kg)
Loaded weight: 1,935 lb (880 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 1,988 lb (902 kg)

PERFORMANCE

Maximum speed: 138 mph (222 km/h)
Range: 300 miles (483 km)
Service ceiling: 17,000 ft (5,185 m)
Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)

ARMAMENT

1x 0.303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Vickers machine gun with Constantinesco interrupter gear
1x .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun on Foster mounting on upper wing
4x 18kg Cooper bombs, two under each lower wing, to be dropped in 2, 3, 4, 1 order.

Category:

Education

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• Scout
• Experimental
• World
• War
• Great
• aviation
• vintage
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• Britain
• squadron
• combat

[ostapslobodian]

its nice that you DIDNT add music

[redbaron7123]

great footage ! thank you ! esp. since it came from RFC 32 at the amien front !! :)

[kolbpilot]

Fantastic view in to what is rapidly approaching 100 years ago. All these people in their 20s. Some pilots, some not, a glimpse of every day life during the Great War.

[Godsinwar]

FAN-TÁS-TI-CO documento!!!!

Eu fiz uma grande viagem no tempo! Incrível!!!!

[huevparolbla]

Coname these planes from WWI is "Ace Maker"

[freerunner95242]

i think the planes one of the best looking puller planes of WW1. good video nice quality for an old film.