Test flight with a Pfalz Dr. I

The Pfalz engineering team under Chief Engineer Geringer designed the Pfalz Dr.I in October 1917 in parallel with the Fokker engineering team, modelled on the English Sopwith Triplane and based on the Pfalz D.VII biplane model. On 12 December 1917, the aircraft was test-flown by Manfred von Richthofen and Adolf Ritter von Tutschek at the invitation of Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke in Speyer and then in January/February 1918 underwent comparative flying in Berlin-Adlershof, where 31 new aircraft were tested by experienced front-line pilots.