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[Joseph Fyfield]

 On 05/10/2009, J.R. Boye <hopeandmercy at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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>>      Joe, the S.16 appeared in early 1915, so it was a fairly advanced
>> design for the time. There were only 35 built (but five versions of
>> those) and they were intended to be escorts for the Ilya Moromets bombers.
>>     I don't know why, but it always seems I pick subjects that are not
>> "stock". I like building planes associated with well-known pilots, and a lot
>> of them flew unique planes.
>>     I got drawn into this project like many others. I bought an S.16 kit,
>> then looked for information about one flown by a famous pilot. I found a
>> profile in "The Imperial Russian Air Service" book of a plane flown by Juri
>> Gilsher, and it had an interesting story. It was the only S.16 I could find
>> associated with a specific pilot. The profile looked harmless enough at
>> first glance, so I decided on that. Comparing kit parts and drawings,
>> though, I realized I was looking at a plane different in almost every
>> conceivable way from the kit. But I still wanted a model of Gilsher's plane,
>> so the chopping has started.......
>>
>>
>>                                                 J.R. Boye
>>
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Aha. 1915 sounds about right. I thought it looked a bit like a Sopwith
Tabloid/Schnieder. Anyone else? By the way, why were they floatplanes? The
Muromets weren't floatplanes, were they? You say "They were intended to be
escorts..." Intended? didn't they get around to using what 35 of them they
had?!

Joe


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