Thanks, Veidar.
Actually, he had a variety of planes painted. The Albatross was his favorite, but the Fokker triplane was what he used prior to the Albatross, I believe.
I had roughly $130,000, payed my $75,000, then bought two $25,000 upgrades, which took me to about $5,000. I play a game with my new plane, make about $1,000 worth of kills, which I monitered while I was playing, it was $1,2**, I think, and then I came back to slightly more than what I started with. About $400 more. Then I posted here, opting not to buy the upgrade I need, came back to my piles of cash, and played a game. I came back after a short game, and had $6,300. Thats about what I should have had after the second game with my first game negated. Weird stuff.
Eh, don't worry Hamers. You're an Air Commodore, I'm a Major General. I'm the one who should have the fancy planes!