1914 Caudron G.III

80hp 1914 Caudron G.III at Rhinebeck Air Show.
More details at http://www.oldrhinebeck.org/collection_airplane.htm

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Autos & Vehicles

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• 1914
• Caudron
• G.III
• airplane
• Rhinebeck

[DrKorn5]

@McLarenMercedes I am quite familiar with Garros. Unfortunatly the deflector gear was dangerous to say the least. From 1915 till early 16 the French were not doing well even if the Fokker was a piece of garbage it had the advantage. Now when the Nieuport 11 came around the Eindeckers got cut to pieces.

[McLarenMercedes]

@DrKorn5

The first ace of the war was French. The first plane to have a fixed machinegun firing through the propeller (using deflector plates to protect the propeller) was also French. As Roland Garros was downed his plane was studied by a certain Anthony Fokker who got an idea of how to improve the design.

France was arguable the leading nation in aviation from 1909 to 1915.

[hackneysaregreat]

Amazing in every imaginable aspect...

[Wailwulf]

Announcer: "There it goes, isn't that a nice sound?"

What, your voice? If you want me to listen to the airplane, don't talk over it to tell me it sounds great

[GovVance]

And didn't it smell great?

[briquetaverne]

Is Old Rhinebeck still open? I'd heard they' d closed down? I was fortunate enough to have visited it in 2006

[DrKorn5]

if you think that's dangerous try having some crazies in the Imperial German Air Force shooting at you while you are flying around...welcome to the French Air Force 1915

[troy5251]

that looks dangerous lol

[deck614]

The pilot woman Adrienne Bolland was the first human being to fly above the Andes cordillera on such a plane! Seems over-realistic but true.

[mattnsim]

fantastic aircraft, I have thought and I am still thinking about making a flying model of this plane.. nice video.