The Fokker Dr.I was a distinctive WWI triplane designed by Anthony Fokker, noted for its enhanced lift due to multiple wings, compensating for underpowered engines of the era. Despite its exceptional ...
On this day in aviation history, 108 years ago (July 5, 1917), the Fokker Dr.I took to the skies for the first time. The flight was made by the Fokker Flugzeugwerke GmbH V.5 prototype, which paved the ...
Historians consider it one of the best planes of World War I, maybe the best. After the war, it was the first fighter stationed at Mitchel Field, then a fledgling military base adjacent to Roosevelt ...