The Noon Patrol Builders Report


October 1999 -- Planning the project.

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Members discuss the project. In addition to the technical details, the members discussed and came to an agreement regarding expectations for members of the group. Because of the magnitude of this project -- constructing 14 airplanes -- we believed that was necessary.
A road trip was made to examine Jim Wasson's Nieuport airframe.
Jim Wasson shows the Lewis gun.
The Noon Patrol members examine the details of a Graham Lee Nieuport 11 replica's airframe.
Ernie tries out the Nieuport cockpit (and makes machine gun noises).

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