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OCTOBER 7, 1920 A FOKKER RAID ON LONDON THERE was a time when every machine that made a raid on London, or in use at the front for that matter, was labelled as a Fokker. That was before all the raiders were known as Gothas, irrespective of type and make. Since then the " Fokker Scourge " has been got well in hand, and the latest specimen to be examined in this country was the Fokker D.VII. Just lately a peaceful invasion by a machine designed by the famous German (now Dutch) i esigner has taken place, the objective being Waddon aero- link up with the service to Bremen, Hamburg and Copen- hagen. The machine, now known as the type " F.II," is a mono- plane of the cantilever type, with a wing that is very thick in the centre and tapers towards the tips. The covering is of three-ply wood, which, if not too heavy, should prove very serviceable for a commercial machine. The large wing is placed on the roof of the cabin, and is held in place by four bolts only, one on each side at the top longeron, and one THE FOKKER F.II AT WADDON : Three-quarter front view drome. For the first time in history the pilot of the attacking- Fokker was an Englishman, Mr. Hinchcliffe, who flew over from Amsterdam on October 1, making the non-stop journey in 3 hrs. 2 mjns. The machine reached its objective and was brought down at Waddon—by the pilot. Seriously, the new Fokker, a description and illustrations of which were published in our issue of August 26, is a post- War design by the famous (German) Dutchman, built at the new Fokker works at Amsterdam—the old Elta buildings, in fact. It is the property of the Koninglyke Luchtvaart Maatschappy, otherwise the Royal Air Transport Company, and is the first of two such machines which are to be placed on the Amsterdam-London route, and which will ultimately at the apex of each set of three struts running from the bottom of the fuselage. The work of dismantling the wing is therefore a matter of a few minutes only, another advantage for com- mercial work. Balanced ailerons, of small area but ap- parently quite effective, are fitted, three-ply covering being employed for these also. The construction of the fuselage is identical with that of the well-known D.VII, i.e., longerons as well as struts are of steel tube, welded together and braced by piano wire attached to tubular arcs welded into the angles. Theoretically all this welding is bad, but in practice it appears to work very well. The cabin has seating accommadation for six passengers, and a seventh can be carried outside in the m m * The Fokker F.II mat Waddon : View mof the under- carriage * m m m K m m m m 1064
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