Fokker - Famous Fokker Aircraft and Pilots

Famous Fokker Aircraft and Pilots

• In 1915, the Fokker E.I was the first "fighter" introduced into the German air force, leading to the Fokker Scourge.
• Manfred von Richthofen (the top scoring WW1 ace) is associated with an all red Fokker Dr.I triplane, at least for some of his 80 victories (1917–1918)
• The introduction of the Fokker D.VII into the German air force in 1918 revolutionized aircraft design.
• In 1923, Oakley George Kelly and John Arthur Macready completed the first non-stop flight spanning the North American continent in a Fokker T-2 Variant of Fokker F.IV.
• In 1927, Richard E. Byrd completed his trans-Atlantic flight from New York City to Paris in a Fokker F.VII.
• In 1928, Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly across the Atlantic as a passenger (from Newfoundland to the small Welsh town of Burry Port) did so in a Fokker F.VII piloted by Wilmer L. Stultz.
• In 1928, Charles Kingsford-Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in another F.VII.
• The Fokker S-14 Machtrainer was one of the first purpose-built jet training aircraft in the world (1951).
• The United States Army Parachute Team (The Golden Knights) Jump from an F-27