https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news...ieuport-severely-damaged-in-landing-accident/
...but this adds to the controversy of whether these historic aircraft should be flown or kept as museum pieces. To someone who loves to see these aircraft in their proper element, I feel the same about museum poeces as an ornathologist feeld about caged birsd. OTOH, it's possible to build authentic replicas, Peter Jackson of LOTR fame has a whole stable of them, and even rotary engines aren't in short supply. Given their construction with the absence of difficult to reproduce forgings, it's even possible to build a full-size replica of a rotary engine. And due to the flying characteristics of early aircraft, the abomination of fitting them with a modern engine can be avoided.
Let the debate begin: Museum pieces of flying originals?
...but this adds to the controversy of whether these historic aircraft should be flown or kept as museum pieces. To someone who loves to see these aircraft in their proper element, I feel the same about museum poeces as an ornathologist feeld about caged birsd. OTOH, it's possible to build authentic replicas, Peter Jackson of LOTR fame has a whole stable of them, and even rotary engines aren't in short supply. Given their construction with the absence of difficult to reproduce forgings, it's even possible to build a full-size replica of a rotary engine. And due to the flying characteristics of early aircraft, the abomination of fitting them with a modern engine can be avoided.
Let the debate begin: Museum pieces of flying originals?
