Aeroplane Monthly 1986-07
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B.Dowsett - Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome
Aeroplane first reported from Old Rhinebeck, 80 miles north of New York, in October 1973. Since then Cole Palen's Fokker Dr I replica has been a Rhinebeck airshow stalwart;
Aeroplane first reported from Old Rhinebeck, 80 miles north of New York, in October 1973. Since then Cole Palen's Fokker Dr I replica has been a Rhinebeck airshow stalwart; it was joined in 1983 by Bill Winter’s all-red, Warner-powered Dr I replica N2009R, on photo.
The red Fokker Dr I make low pass over the aerodrome.
Palen’s dis­plays combine World War One nostalgia with American showmanship. The baddies strafe the hapless crew of a motorcycle and sidecar.
Palen’s Albatros D Va replica, N12156, is fitted with an original Mercedes engine and wears the colours of von Schleich.
Palen him­self built the Albatros D Va replica in 1975.
This Morane-Saulnier AI is one of two bought by Palen at the Wings & Wheels auction in Orlando, Florida in 1981.
Palen's Sopwith Dolphin replica has a 180 h.p. Hispano-Suiza engine.
The Dolphin make low pass over the aerodrome.
Curtiss Fledgling N271Y, one of Old Rhinebeck’s inter-war types, approaching the secluded grass aerodrome.