Re: San Diego Museum
Erik Pilawskii (xopowo@u.washington.edu)
Wed, 15 Nov 1995 16:08:45 -0800 (PST)
Paul,
>
> However the engine details look a little suspect. I realise that the JPEG image
> is of very low resolution and zooming into it doesn't help either. But what
> you can see of the inlet manifolds and plumbing above the valve gear doen't
> appear to resemble the commonly accepted appearance of a Mercedes DIII engine.
>
No, I'm pretty sure you are correct, here (good eyes...). The machine was
built allegedly to original Albatroswerke drawings by a husband/wife team
(rats, can't recall the name right now....). It was completed to flyable
condition and was flown for a brief time; thereafter it was retired to
the museum. Were it to sport an original Mercedes engine, necessarily in
working order, one can imagine that the sign would thunder the fact in huge
red lettering! It didn't; so it doesn't.
Erik
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