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45-647: The aerodrome was the creation of Cole Palen , who was partially inspired by the Shuttleworth Collection in England . He regularly flew many of the aircraft during weekend airshows as his alter-ego, "the Black Baron of Rhinebeck" (loosely based on the Red Baron ). These airshows still continue mid-June through mid-October, and biplane rides are available before and after the shows. These simple early shows led to

90-644: A flying replica for his Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome (in Bavarian ace Hans Böhning 's colour scheme for its rear fuselage.) A Ranger-powered replica, built in Canada, now flies with the New Zealand Warbirds Association at Ardmore, Auckland. A number of authentically-constructed airworthy Albatros D.Va reproductions have been built in New Zealand with original and new-build engines. One example is on display at

135-622: A large headrest but it was usually removed in service as it interfered with the pilot's field of view. The headrest was deleted from the second production batch. Aircraft deployed in Palestine had a pair of wing radiators , better to cope with the warmer climate. Idflieg issued production contracts for 200 D.V aircraft in April 1917, followed by additional orders of 400 in May and 300 in July. Initial production of

180-412: A philosophy of not only showing the aircraft in their natural environment, but also providing a fun and entertaining day out for the whole family. The events developed into a series of weekend air shows, still running to this day. They include a zany melodrama inspired by the storylines of silent film melodramas , featuring Palen-created characters such as the daring Sir Percy Goodfellow doing battle with

225-400: A reinforced fuselage. The modified D.Va was 23 kg (51 lb) heavier than the D.III but the structural problems were not entirely cured. Use of the high-compression 130 kW (170 hp) Mercedes D.IIIaü engine offset the increased weight of the D.Va. The D.Va also reverted to the D.III aileron cable linkage, running outwards through the lower wing, then upwards to the ailerons, much

270-460: A vintage direct-drive Hispano-Suiza V-8 engine, this aircraft regularly flew at Palen's weekend air shows from 1980 onward. In September 1990, the aircraft's engine suffered a fuel pump failure, resulting in a crash landing into the trees surrounding the Old Rhinebeck museum's airstrip. The aircraft never directly struck the ground in the crash, and largely remained suspended in the tree canopy after

315-695: Is velodrome , an arena for velocipedes . Αεροδρόμιο is the word for airport in Modern Greek, which transliterates as aerodromio. In British military usage, the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War , and the Royal Air Force in the First and Second World Wars , used the term—it had the advantage that their French allies, on whose soil they were often based, and with whom they co-operated, used

360-549: Is "a defined area on land or water (including any buildings, installations, and equipment) intended to be used either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure, and surface movement of aircraft." The word aerodrome derives from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr), air , and δρόμος (drómos), road or course , literally meaning air course . An ancient linguistic parallel is hippodrome (a stadium for horse racing and chariot racing ), derived from ἵππος (híppos), horse , and δρόμος (drómos), course . A modern linguistic parallel

405-578: Is a fighter aircraft of the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke . It was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatros fighter to see operational service with the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during the First World War . The D.V was developed from the D.III during early 1917. Sharing many similarities to its predecessor, the most visible change

450-568: Is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo , passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for public or private use. Aerodromes include small general aviation airfields, large commercial airports, and military air bases . The term airport may imply a certain stature (having satisfied certain certification criteria or regulatory requirements) that not all aerodromes may have achieved. That means that all airports are aerodromes, but not all aerodromes are airports. Usage of

495-465: Is an aerodrome with significant facilities to support aircraft and crew. The term is usually reserved for military bases, but also applies to civil seaplane bases . An airstrip is a small aerodrome that consists only of a runway with perhaps fueling equipment. They are generally in remote locations, e.g. Airstrips in Tanzania . Many airstrips (now mostly abandoned) were built on the hundreds of islands in

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540-661: Is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes , floatplanes and amphibious aircraft for landing and taking off. It may have a terminal building on land and/or a place where the plane can come to shore and dock like a boat to load and unload (for example, Yellowknife Water Aerodrome ). Some are co-located with a land based airport and are certified airports in their own right. These include Vancouver International Water Airport and Vancouver International Airport . Others, such as Vancouver Harbour Flight Centre have their own control tower, Vancouver Harbour Control Tower . The Canadian Aeronautical Information Manual says "...for

585-467: Is chartered by the New York State Board of Regents. The museum's gift shop and model collection were destroyed in a fire on 20 August 2015. By 2023, the museum had begun replacing some of its older infrastructure. Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome features numerous aircraft ranging from Wright -era reconstructions to biplanes and monoplanes of the 1930s. Among Palen's earliest additions to the museum in

630-473: The Ostdeutsche Albatroswerke (OAW), in what was known as the independent city of Schneidemühl . The D.V had a larger spinner and ventral fin and closely resembled the D.III with the same 127 kW (170 hp) Mercedes D.IIIa engine. The most notable difference was a new, elliptical cross-section fuselage which was 32 kg (71 lb) lighter than the partially flat-sided fuselage of

675-476: The D.III . The design process was headed by the aeronautical engineer Robert Thelen , the company's chief designer at Johannisthal. Development proceeded at a rapid pace, the resulting D.V prototype performed its maiden flight late in April 1917. This prototype retained the standard rudder of the Johannisthal-built D.III; subsequent production aircraft used the enlarged rudder featured on D.IIIs built by

720-616: The Pacific Ocean during the Second World War. A few airstrips grew to become full-fledged airbases as the strategic or economic importance of a region increased over time. An advanced landing ground was a temporary airstrip used by the Allies in the run-up to and during the invasion of Normandy , and these were built both in Britain, and on the continent. A water aerodrome or seaplane base

765-807: The Royal Air Force Museum in Colindale, London, another is owned by Kermit Weeks in Florida, USA, while two others remain flying with TVAL in NZ. A reproduction Albatros D.Va is on display at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. It has a rare 212 hp (158 kW) Hall-Scott L-6 engine of 1917, which was based on the original 160–180 hp (120–130 kW) Mercedes. [REDACTED]   German Empire [REDACTED]   Poland [REDACTED]   Ottoman Empire Data from German Aircraft of

810-506: The cognate term aérodrome . In Canada and Australia, aerodrome is a legal term of art for any area of land or water used for aircraft operation, regardless of facilities. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) documents use the term aerodrome , for example, in the Annex to the ICAO Convention about aerodromes, their physical characteristics, and their operation. However,

855-548: The Aerodrome's opening year in 1966, with at least one aeromodeling event each year occurring over the early September weekend following the United States' Labor Day holiday, in co-operation with a local Academy of Model Aeronautics -chartered RC model aircraft club. Entrants regularly come from places as distant as Canada and Florida. When Palen died in 1993, the non-profit Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum assumed ownership. The museum

900-491: The Coughlin DVIII Fokkers returned to the Aerodrome in 2016. At Rhinebeck on August 17, 2008, around 4 p.m. during the performance of a simulated dogfight at the aerodrome , Vincent Nasta of Wading River, New York died of injuries sustained when his plane crashed in to a heavily wooded area 1000 feet from the runway and performance area. The aircraft being used was part of the aerodrome's World War I collection and

945-571: The D.V was undertaken by the Johannisthal factory, while the Schneidemühl factory produced the D.III for the rest of 1917. The D.V entered service with the German Air Force in May 1917 but losses attributed to structural failures of the lower wing occurred. The aviation historian Jon Guttman said "Within the month Idflieg was doing belated stress testing and concluding, to its dismay, that

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990-671: The D.Va ceased in April 1918. In May 1918, 131 D.V and 928 D.Va aircraft were in service on the Western Front; the numbers declined as the Fokker D.VII and other types replaced the Albatros in the final months of the war. By 31 August, fewer than 400 Albatros fighters of all types remained at the front but they continued in service until the Armistice of 11 November 1918 that ended the conflict. Two D.Va aircraft survive in museums. Cole Palen built

1035-438: The D.V’s sesquiplane wing layout was even more vulnerable than that of its predecessor". The outboard sections of the D.V upper wing also suffered failures, requiring additional wire bracing and the fuselage sometimes cracked during rough landings. Against these problems, the D.V offered very little improvement in performance. Front line pilots were considerably dismayed and many preferred the older D.III. Manfred von Richthofen

1080-507: The Johannisthal and Schneidemühl factories before production was terminated in April 1918. The D.Va continued to fly in German hands until the end of fighting with the Armistice of 11 November 1918 . The Polish Air Force and Ottoman Air Force also operated the type. A pair of original D.Va aircraft have been preserved and some airworthy reproductions have been built. In April 1917, Albatros received an order from Inspektion der Fliegertruppen ( Idflieg ) for an improved version of

1125-423: The accident. There was little damage to the reproduction Dolphin's airframe and no injuries to the pilot. The Dolphin was placed on static display until November 2007, when Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome began restoring it to flying condition. When completed, the aircraft will once again be painted in the markings of No. 19 Squadron. Another German aircraft in the collection is an Albatros D.Va reproduction, which in 2015

1170-597: The aircraft in the 1980s from active flying and eventually sold the aircraft in 1992 to the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine. It has returned and flies regularly, In 1971 a replica was produced of the 1910 Short S.29 using a 60 hp ENV V-8 engine. An accurate Sopwith Dolphin reproduction was built by Palen, the first known airworthy reproduction of the Dolphin ever known to have been attempted. Powered by

1215-430: The earlier D.I to D.III designs. The new elliptical cross-section required an additional longeron on each side of the fuselage and the fin, rudder and tailplane initially remained unchanged from the D.III. Compared to the D.III, the upper wing of the D.V was 121 mm (4.75 in) closer to the fuselage, while the lower wings attached to the fuselage without a fairing . The D.V wings were almost identical to those of

1260-755: The early aerodromes obsolete. The unimproved airfield remains a phenomenon in military aspects. The DHC-4 Caribou served in the United States military in Vietnam (designated as the CV-2), landing on rough, unimproved airfields where the C-130 Hercules workhorse could not operate. Earlier, the Ju 52 and Fieseler Storch could do the same, one example of the latter taking off from the Führerbunker whilst completely surrounded by Soviet troops. In colloquial use in certain environments,

1305-451: The evil Black Baron of Rhinebeck for the hand of the lovely Trudy Truelove. Several associated vintage auto club and vintage aircraft type-specific events occur through the aerodrome's event schedule, which has also included radio-controlled scale aircraft fly-in low-pressure events for flying scale models of aircraft of the 1903–1939 era that the museum's own full scale aircraft collection covers. These events have been ongoing ever since

1350-683: The following month. Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke , which had been engaged in production of the D.III, received orders for 600 D.Va aircraft in October. Deliveries of the D.Va commenced in October 1917. The structural problems of the Fokker Dr.I and the mediocre performance of the Pfalz D.III left the Luftstreitkräfte with no alternative to the D.Va until the Fokker D.VII entered service in mid-1918. Production of

1395-477: The mid-1960s was a Fokker Triplane reproduction, powered with a vintage Le Rhône 9J 110 hp rotary engine . It was built by Cole Palen for flight in his weekend airshows as early as 1967 and actively flown (mostly by Cole Palen) in the weekend airshows at Old Rhinebeck until the late 1980s. This aircraft, and a pair of Dr.I reproductions, each powered by radial engines, were flown for nearly two decades by Palen. Both Cole's first rotary-engined reproduction and

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1440-452: The most part, all of Canada can be an aerodrome", however, there are also "registered aerodromes" and "certified airports". To become a registered aerodrome, the operator must maintain certain standards and keep the Minister of Transport informed of any changes. To be certified as an airport the aerodrome, which usually supports commercial operations, must meet safety standards. Nav Canada ,

1485-825: The private company responsible for air traffic control services in Canada, publishes the Canada Flight Supplement , a directory of all registered Canadian land aerodromes, as well as the Canada Water Aerodrome Supplement (CWAS). Casement Aerodrome is the main military airport used by the Irish Air Corps . The term "aerodrome" is used for airports and airfields of lesser importance in Ireland, such as those at Abbeyshrule ; Bantry ; Birr ; Inisheer ; Inishmaan ; Inishmore ; Newcastle, County Wicklow ; and Trim . Albatros D.V The Albatros D.V

1530-586: The same as the earlier Albatros B.I unarmed two-seater had used before 1914, providing a more positive control response. The wings of the D.III and D.Va were interchangeable. To further strengthen the wing, the D.Va added a small diagonal brace connecting the forward interplane strut to the leading edge of the lower wing; the brace was also retrofitted to some D.Vs. During August 1917, Idflieg placed orders for 262 D.Va aircraft; follow-on orders for another 250 aircraft were received in September and as 550 during

1575-664: The second of the stationary radial-powered reproductions are now on static display. One of these is on loan at the New England Air Museum with the Le Rhône engine. The Allied opponent for Palen's triplane in the early years was mostly provided by a Sopwith Pup . It was begun in May 1964 and first flown three years later (May 1967) by his friend Richard King, the co-founder with Palen of the aerodrome, who flew his authentic 80-hp Le Rhône 9C -powered Pup reproduction in Old Rhinebeck's weekend airshows for many years. He finally retired

1620-460: The standard D.III, which had adopted a sesquiplane wing arrangement broadly similar to the French Nieuport 11 . The only significant difference between wings of the D.III and D.V was a revised routing of the aileron cables that placed them entirely within the upper wing. Idflieg conducted structural tests on the fuselage but not the wings of the D.V. Early examples of the D.V featured

1665-649: The term "aerodrome" (or "airfield") remains more common in Commonwealth English , and is conversely almost unknown in American English , where the term "airport" is applied almost exclusively. A water aerodrome is an area of open water used regularly by seaplanes , floatplanes or amphibious aircraft for landing and taking off. In formal terminology, as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an aerodrome

1710-479: The terms airport and aerodrome are often interchanged. However, in general, the term airport may imply or confer a certain stature upon the aviation facility that other aerodromes may not have achieved. In some jurisdictions, airport is a legal term of art reserved exclusively for those aerodromes certified or licensed as airports by the relevant civil aviation authority after meeting specified certification criteria or regulatory requirements. An air base

1755-539: The terms airfield or airport mostly superseded use of aerodrome after the Second World War, in colloquial language. In the early days of aviation, when there were no paved runways and all landing fields were grass, a typical airfield might permit takeoffs and landings in only a couple of directions, much like today's airports, whereas an aerodrome was distinguished, by virtue of its much greater size, by its ability to handle landings and takeoffs in any direction. The ability to always take off and land directly into

1800-447: The wind, regardless of the wind's direction, was an important advantage in the earliest days of aviation when an airplane's performance in a crosswind takeoff or landing might be poor or even dangerous. The development of differential braking in aircraft, improved aircraft performance, utilization of paved runways, and the fact that a circular aerodrome required much more space than did the "L" or triangle shaped airfield, eventually made

1845-726: The world In 2016 an accurate reproduction of the Spirit of St. Louis was added to the collection following a 20-year building process and first test flight in December 2015. Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome has had two airworthy Fokker D.VIII reproductions, each powered with a restored Gnome 9N Monosoupape rotary engine, both built by Brian Coughlin of New York state. These have since been sold, to Javier Arango in California for his private collection of reproduction WW I aircraft and to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight living aviation museum in Florida. One of

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1890-460: Was critical of the new aircraft in a July 1917 letter, where he described the D.V as "so obsolete and so ridiculously inferior to the English that one can't do anything with this aircraft". British tests of a captured D.V revealed that the aircraft was slow to manoeuvre, heavy on the controls and tiring to fly. Albatros responded with the D.Va , which featured stronger wing spars, heavier wing ribs and

1935-409: Was finished in the colors of Eduard Ritter von Schleich . It is powered by a modified six-cylinder "uprighted" Fairchild Ranger engine, fitted after the original liquid-cooled Mercedes D.II engine sheared its crankshaft. The collection also includes a restored 1909 Bleriot XI (including an original three cylinder Anzani radial engine) that is believed to be the second oldest airworthy aircraft in

1980-545: Was its new elliptical cross-section fuselage . The D.V was brought into service in May 1917 but early operations were plagued by structural failures of the lower wing. With its limited performance improvements this resulted in pilots expressing their preference for the older D.III. Albatros produced the improved D.Va with modifications for greater structural strength, although some structural concerns remained. Despite its well-known shortcomings and general obsolescence, approximately 900 D.V and 1,612 D.Va aircraft were produced at

2025-463: Was reported to be a reproduction French Nieuport 24, obtained from a New Zealand facility. It was the first fatality during an airshow at the facility. Brian T. Coughlin, a museum board member, was killed on 5 October 2024, when the museum's replica Fokker D.VIII crashed at the south end of the runway. 41°58′11″N 73°51′52″W  /  41.969816°N 73.864346°W  / 41.969816; -73.864346 Aerodrome An aerodrome

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