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A scourge of the Allies after its As he primed the prop, engineer Where else in Australia can you on clothes or skin would be a bonus,
introduction to the air war in 1915, Tony Wytenberg shouted a warning gaze upon a 1909 Santos- almost a badge of honour.
the Eindecker is synonymous with to the crowd that it might be a good Dumont Demoiselle? steve gibbons For Andrew Carter, founding
German ace Max Immelmann, idea to get out of the way to avoid the director of The Australian Vintage
architect of the dog fight manoeuvre inevitable exhaust plume that would Aviation Society (TAVAS), a
that bears his name. be driven in their direction by the non-profit organisation based at
On this day, though, the main easterly. Caboolture airfield north of Brisbane,
attraction was much more engine His words had the opposite effect. the crowd reaction to the rotary
than airframe: an impeccable, The people clustering just behind the engine run during the society’s Great
largely hand-built reproduction of a safety line shuffled as close as possible War flying display earlier this year was
100hp (75kW) Gnome rotary, heavily to the roar, the smoke and the unique nothing new.
lubricated just as it would have aroma of that castor oil. Any sane “You know what, it happens at
been more than 100 years ago observer was left with the impression every show. When we first did a run,
with castor oil. that exhaust spatter or other residue we had a members only event and
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