[WWI] A new one from Ami Hassinen

[Mike Robinson]

Thanks D! I knew the Moranes and Pfalz's were esentially the same airplane
design, but never heard of a Thulin until this post. Just another example of
why I enjoy the list... you never know what you will learn.

Cheers
Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diego Fernetti" <dfernet0 at rosario.gov.ar>
To: "World War I Modeling Mailing List" <wwi at wwi-models.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [WWI] A new one from Ami Hassinen


> Mike!
> > At the risk of looking like a complete doofus, (not that it's really
that
> > difficult for me to do anyways)  was this a derivative of the Pfalz E
> > series? Looks like an E-III with a parasol wing. If so it would be a
neat
> > conversion using the Gavia E-III kit for a start.
>
> In fact, Pfalz acquired rights before 1914 to build Morane Saulnier
designs,
> which kept being made after the war started. The Pfalz Parasol was
virtually
> the same as a Morane Saulnier L Parasol and the Pfalz E.I (and E.III) was
> pretty close to the Morane Saulnier G.
> D.
>
>