RE: WWI Mystery Fighter Airplane

brad kaste

brad kaste

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RE: WWI Mystery Fighter Airplane

In the latest issue of 'Aviation History' magazine there is an article about this enclosed cockpit two seater. The rear gunner stood up through a hole in the rear of the top wing. The engine used was a 100 hp. Gnome engine. By the time it was ready for production, it had become obsolete due to it poor performance and other limitations.
It's nickname was 'The Flying Boudoir.' Can anyone name it?
 
That one shows up in our mystery plane threads from time to time. It's a Brit Sage Type 2. :)

Moses
 
Just beat me.
:banghead:
Designed as a counter to the 'Airship Menace'.
The gunner was supposed to stand up and fire upwards from the position in the top of the enclosed 'cabin', which was also supposed to kep the crew from freezing.
IIRC 'power' came from a Le Rhone or a Clerget rotary/
 
Moses,......you receive the box of White Owl cigars. Yes,...it's the Sage Type 2 fighter. The designer of the aircraft, Clifford Tinson, borrowed ideas from the Bristol Scout where he had worked earlier in his career. Plus, using the French Nieuport's sesquiplane "1 1/2' wing layout. It flew well but lacked the punch and performance to go into production.
pointy,....you get a couple of stogies for mentioning it looked somewhat belonging to the Nieuport family.
 
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