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At age 20, while studying in Germany, Anthony Fokker built his initial aircraft, the Spin (Spider)—the first Dutch-built plane to fly in his home country. Taking advantage of better opportunities in Germany, he moved to Berlin, where in 1912, he founded his first company, Fokker Aeroplanbau, later moving to the Görries suburb just southwest of Schwerin (at ), where the current company was ...
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Many of these air carriers formerly operated Fokker F28 aircraft. Fokker 70 and Fokker 100 former operators where known are included as well. Ansett Express F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s Ansett NT F28 at Perth Airport in the early 1990s. Germanair Fokker F28 at Frankfurt Airport in 1973 Argentina Aerolíneas Argentinas
During the era before the Second World War, Fokker was one of the world's largest manufacturers of passenger aircraft. [citation needed] After the re-emergence of the Fokker company in 1945 (its founder, Anthony Fokker, had died in the United States in 1939), the company made ambitious plans for reconquering the market it once dominated.
The Fokker F-10 was an enlarged development of the Fokker F.VII airliner, built in the late 1920s by the Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America. It was a trimotor passenger aircraft, and it carried 12 passengers. This was four more than the F.VII it was based on, and it had a larger wing and more powerful engines than that design.
Seating arrangement in the 8-passenger F.VIIB-3m The Southern Cross in 1943. Fokker F.VIIB-3m (CH-190) operated by Ad Astra Aero The Josephine Ford at The Henry Ford museum. The eight- to 12-passenger Fokker was the aircraft of choice for many early airlines, both in Europe and the Americas, and it dominated the American market in the late 1920s.
The March 1989 American Airlines order, valued at an estimated US$3.1 billion, was not only the largest single order ever placed at Fokker, but also the largest-ever order from a Netherlands company. [4] [5] During the early 1990s, Fokker and DASA explored a commercial relationship for regional aircraft. [6] DASA purchased 40% of Fokker in 1993 ...
The Fokker F.II was the first of a long series of commercial aircraft from the Fokker Aircraft Company, flying in 1919. In a biplane age, it presented a distinct clean, high-wing monoplane style that sold successfully across Europe and North America during the development of commercial passenger-carrying aviation.