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In a patent dated October 20, 1914, entitled Fallgeschoß für Luftfahrzeuge, Walther Lentz presents a type of projectile, an aerial torpedo dropped from airships by means of an ejection device on a descending trajectory.The aerial torpedo has a simple shape, with two slender wings attached to the...

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The frame appears to be custom made? 1915? https://www.ebay.de/itm/204028638873?hash=item2f810df699:g:w20AAOSw63lixUO4

Hello everyone, I recently watched 2 videos by the "Great War" channel where they mention and even show modern illustrations of what the vehicle would've looked like, despite all of this, I haven't been able to find any information regarding this curious beast at all, even on books. Does anyone...

In 1918, German Empire actually considered the possibility of zeppelin's raid against United States. Technically, it was possible. The L-59 (LZ-104) )Africa expedition demonstrated the impressive endurance of big airships; zeppelin stayed in air for 95 hours, traveling about 6800 km, and after...

Basically what is says on the title. Apparently both Germany and USA offered designs for what became Almirante Lattore. So do we have any details on them?

German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI Vol.1, here is an early Damiler designs from G & R series,also L-12 Transport version Project ,also L-12 Bomber to Chile,and primary G bomber Project, called FL-3 ?.

From, German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI Vol.1, here is some little known Prototypes,also the Kondor D.III,D.IV & D.V were a Projects,but no more details.

I have been unable to find anything on potential "paper designs" for destroyers being considered by the High Seas Fleet at the end of WW1. Can anyone shed any light on these or provide a source for information? Thanks, Dave G.

Recently, while browsing the Imperial German Navy section of a webpage of unbuilt ship pictures and plans, I found this photo of a never-built German battleship, which appears to have 6 main battery turrets. The picture was named "Blatt-2" and was the only picture in a folder labeled...

I was looking into the possibility of the existence of WWI foreign aircraft exploitation programs after looking at a number of German aircraft in the hands of Allied troops during the war. I found that the US Signal Corps maintained a Foreign Data Section of its intelligence branch within the...

"Next in the starry procession came the officers, at their head the Generals and Admirals, all with the watchword: Obedience. The Emperor devises an ideal battleship, impregnably iron-clad, rapid, and armed with torpedo-tubes, which would take the place of the torpedo-boats.... The construction...

Automobil und Aviatik AG was a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I. The company was established at Mülhausen (today in France) in 1910 by Julius Spengler and soon became one of the country's leading producers of aircraft, relocating to Freiburg in 1914 and establishing a subsidiary...

Hi, I will repeat the info about Halberstadt,the B Type was two seat unarmed recce biplane of 1914,powered by one Oberursel U D engine,not to be confuse with B.I,B.II & B.III.

Hi, the Friedrichshafen G.VI was a biplane heavy bomber project,here is its drawing and data.

Thank you Tuizentfloot, and please can you tell us about the projects in it?.

Hi, we can also here,speak about AEG projects,and we talk about AEG R-Project and R.II in this topic; http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,15020.0.html But,does anyone hear about AEG G.VI bomber project ?.

Hi, the Germany company AGO has a branch in Austria,that branch developed a sesquiplane pursuit flying boat aircraft during WW1,powered by one 218 hp Warschalowski pusher engine.

The LVG was ordered in 1917 to develop a "Großflugzeug" (large aircraft) in tri-plane configuration, because it was hoped to increase climbing performance and maximum ceiling this way. The aircraft was finished just shortly before the armistice and the company was thinking about a civil use...

After WW I Schütte-Lanz, led by Prof. Schütte tried to get into the civil airship business by designing Trans-Atlantic airships. SL 101 "Atlantic" would have had a volume of 95,000 cbm, whereas SL 102 "Panamerica" would have been considerble bigger with 205,000 cbm. Apart from the wartime...