Reinhold Platz
Reinhold Platz
Reinhold Platz (Cottbus, January 16, 1886 - Braniborsko, 1966) was a German aircraft designer and aircraft builder employed by the Dutch company Fokker.
Platz joined Fokker in 1912 as a welder. His first work involved welding the metal frame parts of the Fokker Spin. He had learned the technique of welding from the Frenchman Edmund Fouché and was one of the few people in Germany who could weld aluminum at the time. Since the pipe constructions of the Fokkers were made of aluminum, he therefore gained a lot of influence.
Like Anthony Fokker, he was a practical man. This made them a strong team, where Platz Fokkers managed to implement revolutionary ideas about aviation.
Among other things, he was involved in the designs of the Fokker D.VII, the Fokker Dr.I, the Fokker D.VIII and the passenger aircraft Fokker F.I, Fokker F.II and Fokker F.III.
After the First World War, Platz became chief designer at the Fokker factories in Amsterdam. At the time, he was mainly criticized by colleagues for his conservatism regarding new developments in aircraft construction, such as the metal construction of Junkers aircraft.
He remained with Fokker until 1931, after which Anthony Fokker was forced to fire him, because the technical knowledge lagged behind the rest of the world.
Then he left for Pander in The Hague. Apparently he had little input there, since no planes from his period are known to Pander, and this factory had to close its doors again in 1934.
Source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Platz
Platz joined Fokker in 1912 as a welder. His first work involved welding the metal frame parts of the Fokker Spin. He had learned the technique of welding from the Frenchman Edmund Fouché and was one of the few people in Germany who could weld aluminum at the time. Since the pipe constructions of the Fokkers were made of aluminum, he therefore gained a lot of influence.
Like Anthony Fokker, he was a practical man. This made them a strong team, where Platz Fokkers managed to implement revolutionary ideas about aviation.
Among other things, he was involved in the designs of the Fokker D.VII, the Fokker Dr.I, the Fokker D.VIII and the passenger aircraft Fokker F.I, Fokker F.II and Fokker F.III.
After the First World War, Platz became chief designer at the Fokker factories in Amsterdam. At the time, he was mainly criticized by colleagues for his conservatism regarding new developments in aircraft construction, such as the metal construction of Junkers aircraft.
He remained with Fokker until 1931, after which Anthony Fokker was forced to fire him, because the technical knowledge lagged behind the rest of the world.
Then he left for Pander in The Hague. Apparently he had little input there, since no planes from his period are known to Pander, and this factory had to close its doors again in 1934.
Source: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Platz
