[WWI] the same as jpegs was: Re: Nicknames

[Mikko Saarela]

Oops!

Sorry folks, here they are as JPEGs instead of Corel Photo Paint images

Mikko



>> Did Germans have such names for any of their not too popular planes or
>> was
> "Möbelwagen" best they could offer?
>> Or were their planes generally so good, taht you did not have to give
>> them
> names showing grim humour?
>
> Pfalz monplanes (and others, which I can't recall) that were painted white
> and had decorative black edging on them were called "death announcements"
> since the newspapers published those short obituaries with a bold black
> edge
> in those years.
> D.

Oh yes!

I heard that too at our annual Model Expo competition!  Pfalz monoplanes
were the talk of the town because of this beauty built by Timo Kekki:

Mikko



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