Pfalz D.IIIa

The Pfalz D.IIIa is a fighter aircraft in Rise of Flight that became available after patch version 1.004.

The biplane features two 7,92mm machine-cannons holding up to five-hundred rounds of ammunition per barrel and has an operational range of roughly two-and-a-half hours at 180 horsepower. Unlike some aircraft in the game, diving is possible without fear of wing loss.

History Designed by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke and based in part on the successes of the Nieuport, the Pfalz D.IIIa was first seen over the battlefronts of Europe and Turkey in mid-1917 after a brief trial period.

As a fighter aeroplane, its primary task was engaging enemy aircraft, and also acting escort to bomber formations. It was a good flyer and did not go down easily, once earning the comment that the only possible method of defeating a D.IIIa was to kill its pilot, as the aeroplane itself was indestructible.

The D.IIIa saw action until the end of the war, though use was scarce by summer of 1918.