[WWI] Martinsyde Buzzard info

Jan Vihonen jan.vihonen at helsinki.fi
Wed Jun 3 08:45:55 EDT 2009


Paul:

> Bear in mind also the final paragraph by the man who drafted the Windsock
> plans, which goes in part, after listing the museum example's differences
> 'Many photos shoe some or all of these alteations on other Buzzards in
> Finnish service, although the bulged cowling may not have been general.'
> 
True. I have not Buzzard DF and can't comment on the quality or 
significance to the modeller of these alterations, nor am I familiar 
enough with photos of Buzzards in RAF service to judge if these existed 
in the RAF machines. If I remember correctly, all 300-something (?) 
Buzzards ever produced were made by Martinsyde, so the usual differences 
in licence production don't apply.

I don't, however, believe that the position of the wing struts would 
have been changed in Finland.

Jan



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