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Fokker D.VI. The new aircraft, designated D.VI, passed its Typenprüfung (official type test) on 15 March 1918. [5] The production aircraft utilized the Oberursel Ur.II, which was the only readily available German rotary engine.
A replica D.VIII built by Brian Coughlin currently flies at summer airshows at Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in Rhinebeck, NY, USA Update 10/05/24- Sadly, Brian Coughlin perished in a crash while flying the D.VIII during an airshow. [3] [4] [5] A 7/8 scale replica D.VIII is on display at Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Horsham, Pennsylvania [6]
Fokker (N.V. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker; lit. ' Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker ') was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft. During its most successful period in the 1920s ...
The Airdrome Fokker D-VIII is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War German Fokker D.VIII fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines. [1]
He had aspired to build a Fokker Triplane, but found the existing replica plans very complex and slow to construct. He applied his engineering knowledge and created a new design of the DR.1, with a simplified structure and revised airfoil , a modified Clark Y , to improve handling.
The Airdrome Fokker D-VI is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] The aircraft is a 3/4 scale replica of the First World War German Fokker D.VI fighter, built from modern materials and powered by modern engines. [1]
Fokker M.17 prototype. The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of World War I.It was a single-seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I.It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and shorter span than production D.IIs.
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.