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“I kept him in the air!”

The story of Manfred von Richthofen and Anthony Fokker
Written exclusively for our site by Annabel Jung
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The Air War 1914-1918

by Hans Appel
When one delves deeply into this war, the great technological innovation in aviation between 1914 and 1918 catches the eye. An unprecedented technical innovation that we are still reaping the benefits of
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The Fokker S-11 Instructor

By Henk Amstelveen
With this book I want to give as good a picture as possible about the construction and use of the S-11 as an elementary training aircraft for the then future pilots within various air forces in the 50s and 60s of the last century.
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Triplanes, an introduction

Hans Appel
But why did people ever come up with the idea to construct triplanes?
At the beginning of the 20th century, it was not yet possible to make self-supporting wing constructions that could provide sufficient lift with limited engine power.
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Controls Stick Grip Development & Cockpit layout 1914 - 1918

By Hans Appel
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Characteristics of the aircraft in the First World War

Hans Appel
Dit artikel gaat voornamelijk over de ontwikkeling van de jachtvliegtuigen uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog.
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Waarom een dubbeldekker met spandraden?

Hans Appel
While a double-decker wing configuration has a structural advantage over a monoplane, namely the stiffness of the wings, a biplane produces more drag than a cantilevered monoplane wing.
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Ontwikkeling van FOKKER en andere Synchronisatiesystemen

By Hans Appel
The Fokker synchronization mechanism in World War I would have been conceived and constructed in a few weeks. A nice story but the reality is more unruly.
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Development of the synchronized machine gun & the Fokker scourge

English article about the development of the synchronized machine gun.
Originally published in the July 2013 issue of Aviation History.
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Fokker F-28 IP / VIP Versions

By Henk Amstelveen
De Fokker F-28 kende voor een aantal klanten IP en VIP uitvoeringen, vaak voor staatshoofden of legerleiders, waarbij de IP stond voor Important Person en VIP voorVerry Important Person.
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De F.VII en de Ford Reliability Tour

During discussions, which Fokker later had with Noorduyn, the idea of a three-engined plane was also discussed. Noorduyn had been thinking about this for some time, but Fokker was not enthusiastic about it. "Bob, you're crazy!" must have said Fokker.

From: Fokker Commercial Aircraft written by Public Relation Department of the NV Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker and Hein van Meerten. 1994
Fokker Spinnen

Door Hans Appel
Anthony Fokker entered into a partnership with Oberleutnant Franz von Daum in 1910. It was agreed that von Daum would finance the collaboration and that Anthony Fokker would be responsible for the technology.
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Fokkervestigingen in Nederland 1919-1996

Fokker heeft op diverse plekken in Nederland vliegtuigen of vliegtuigonderdelen gebouwd.
Sometimes forced. . .
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Fokker in de USA

De opkomst en de ondergang van de Fokkerfabrieken in de USA
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