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1979 - 2692.PDF
f*jK^ eitui** •& •v .= + + ^ Pr/'or to the formation of the Dutch Fokker company, Anthony Fokker had established a major industrial concern and a reputation for his series of German fighters. Here, recent reproductions of the famous Bndecker and Dreidecker types, produced in Britain for historical films, were captured by Flight's camera in company with a reproduction Pfalz, one of Fokker's early rivals has almost invariably marked the road to success through aviation's graveyards of ideas. He died at the age of 49 in New York on December 23, 1939, after the appearance of the DC-2, the new generation of fighters and bombers and after the outbreak of World War Two, but before the destruction by bombing of the Fokker factories at Schiphol. Fokker has inevitably suffered the gradual loss of com mercial independence brought about by the mounting costs of modern aircraft programmes. Its solution, in 1969, was the daring one of merging across frontiers with its German neighbour VFW. Although the relationship was effective in keeping the two companies going, the two sponsoring governments never backed the union with truly open-handed support. Now, with VFW forced to merge with its larger German brother MBB, Fokker is about to be cast loose to find new friends. The C.V was built in various forms duringthe early 1920s, this being a later taper-winged C.VD or E. It is reported to have been delightful to fly and very easy to maintain. The C.V was exported to many countries and also built under licence First flown in 1934, the C.X was delivered to the Netherlands Air Force in 1937 and was built under licence in Finland. It replaced the C.V and ten were still in service at the outbreak of World War Two * SK lii^-*KUA$t-n m •Y-;& Left The sedate T.V was conceived as a fighter-bomber, but in 1938 equipped the only Netherlands medium-bomber unit. Twelve of the original 16 fought in World War Two. Flying in formation in this view are two D.XXI fighters, which also served on into World War Two. Finland built the type under licence during the war and Denmark produced 12 under licence. Centre The C.XIVW floatplane trainer here is accompanied by one of the few T.VIII-W torpedo bombers completed before World War Two opened. Eight of them eventually reached Britain and served with the RAF at Pembroke Dock while 25 others, which had not been delivered when war broke out, were flown by the German Luftwaffe Right Introduced at the Paris Air Show in 1936 and first flown in 1937, the G.I achieved the nick-name Faucheur (deadly reaper) by virtue of its armament of no fewer than eight forward-firing 7-9mm machine guns. Although the main role of the G.I was bomber interception, it carried a crew of three and had a defensive machine gun in the tail of the central crew nacelle. Twenty-three G.ls fought in World War Two. Others were ordered by Spain and Sweden and licence production was planned by Denmark. A few were taken over by the Luftwaffe First post-war Fokker type, after the Schiphol factory was rebuilt, was the S. 11 Instructor, which was additionally made under licence in Italy and Brazil. The latter country also built the S.I2 version with nosewheel undercarriage. Dutch and Israeli air forces bought S.I Is The S.I4 Mach Trainer, which flew in May 1951, was the first aircraft designed from the outset as a jet trainer. Twenty-one were built for the RNAF after 1955 and another 50 were assembled or manufactured under licence in Brazil. Fokker went on to manufacture Hunter, F-I04G under licence and F-16 in the five-nation co-production programme
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