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Duxford Air Festival 2018
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I, often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.
Senior session. Just some nat light here with a silver reflector. She had a wonderful "fragile" look
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The Deutsches Museum (German Museum) in Munich is the world's largest museum of science and technology, with approximately 1.5 million visitors per year and about 28,000 exhibited objects from 50 fields of science and technology. Anyone who likes planes, trains and automobiles will be lucky to escape with less than a day spent here.
This exhibit above is a mandatory stop for any aviation enthusiast: a Fokker Dr I Triplane, the best-known fighter aircraft of World War I. Made famous as the final type of aircraft flown by Manfred von Richthofen, the top fighter ace of WW I, it was incredibly maneuverable in a dogfight, but was slower than it's main opponents, and the upper wing was known to experience structural failures at high speed. This display here was painted using a sample of fabric from the original aircraft flown by The Red Baron. Unfortunately it's a replica from 1975... Not very many Dr I's survived the conflict; only three survived after the Armistice, and two of those were destroyed later during WW II. A number of replicas have been built, including airworthy planes flown for airshows today.
Fokker Fr 1 Technical Data:
Manufacturer: Fokker-Flugzeugwerke, Schwerin
Year: 1917-18
Wing span: 7.2 m
Gross weight: 585 kg
Speed: 170 km/h; 105 mph
Engine: Oberursel Rotary
Power: 81 kW
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Duxford Air Festival 2018
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I, often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the aircraft in which Manfred von Richthofen gained his last 19 victories, and in which he was killed on 21 April 1918.
Designed by Reinhold Platz, the Dr1 was a direct attempt to copy the successful Sopwith Triplane. Armed with two forward firing Spandau machine guns, it was highly manoeuvrable, and was a favourite mount of a number of German aces such as Werner Voss and the legendary Manfred von Richthofen.
556/17 which was built by its owner, Peter Bond in 2010. It replicates the Dr1 flown by Leutnant Ludwig "Lutz" Beckmann also of Jasta 6 in March 1918 which was then based at Lechelle. Beckmann survived the Great War and commanded a transport unit of the Luftwaffe in WW2.