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The Fokker Spin was the first airplane built by Dutch aviation pioneer Anthony Fokker. ... Fokker Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Spinne–M.10 & Watercraft: ...
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 ...
Ten days after successfully demonstrating the third Jacob Goedecker-built Fokker Spin for an Imperial German Army delegation, [41] Anthony Fokker crashes at the Johannisthal aerodrome, near Berlin, Germany, falling about 40 feet [42] [43] when a wing bracing-wire breaks. Fokker is not hurt but his passenger Lt. von Schlichting is killed.
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer.He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane.
Anthony Fokker was able to persuade Idflieg to arrange the loan of a Parabellum machine gun and ammunition so that his device could be tested, and for these items to be transported forthwith to the Fokker Flugzeugwerke GmbH at Schwerin (although probably not in his railway compartment or "under his arm", as he claimed after the war). [33]
His travels were marked on the Fokker's fuselage. [2] In late May 1915, this airplane was the first one to be fitted with a workable synchronization gear: the Fokker Stangensteuerung synchronizer, along with a Parabellum MG 14 machine gun for its armament. This airplane functioned as the prototype Fokker Eindecker for Parschau's use and combat ...
The Fokker W.1 was a two-seat experimental biplane flying boat that first flew in 1913. ... Fokker Aircraft of World War One. Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press.
Fokker F.11/B.IV 1928 monoplane transport flying boat, 7 built; Rohrbach Ro X Romar 1928 flying boat, 3 built; Savoia-Marchetti S.64 1928 distance record monoplane, 2 built; 1930s FBA 310 1930 amphibious flying boat transport, 9 built; SIAI S.67 1930 flying boat fighter, 3 built; FBA 290 1931, amphibious flying boat trainer, 10 built