Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0000847, Fri, 1 Dec 1995 15:39:47 -0800

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: Library of America queries (fwd)
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From: jake pultorak <jake_pultorak@bge.com>




The Caudron biplane reference is simply that: a reference to
biplanes made by the French airplane manufacturer Caudron, circa
WWI. Confirmation of this reference yielded a curious item.
Identified as a frail, two-seat "sesquiplane", the Caudron G.III
served a brief career on the front, since it was slow and lacked
defenses. But it was widely used as a trainer, and "some
reconnaissance G.IIa2s continued to be used in less strenuous
areas, such as the Balkans, Mesopotamia, and Russia." (*Aircraft
of World War I*, Munson, p.43)

Perhaps it was used to train a certain Balkan King...