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Flying Dutchman: The Life of Anthony Fokker
Second Library Copy- San Diego Air and Space Museum
282 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1931
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September 12, 2022
This is so close to a five stars!
I have no interest in aviation or engineering, yet the author offered answers to questions I did not know I should ask myself! It was a delight!
I have no interest in aviation or engineering, yet the author offered answers to questions I did not know I should ask myself! It was a delight!
December 14, 2007
The 3 engine Tri-Fokker was a popular early airliner.
Byrd flew one over the pole and hangered it where Henry Ford's engineers copied it and later reproduced it in aluminum as the 3 engined Tri-Ford
But the tri- Fokker's popularity abruptly ended when one went down because of a rotten wing spar.
Nobody wanted to fly in airplanes made of wood after that.
Ford's airliner became the one they wanted to travel in from then on.
Byrd flew one over the pole and hangered it where Henry Ford's engineers copied it and later reproduced it in aluminum as the 3 engined Tri-Ford
But the tri- Fokker's popularity abruptly ended when one went down because of a rotten wing spar.
Nobody wanted to fly in airplanes made of wood after that.
Ford's airliner became the one they wanted to travel in from then on.
January 22, 2015
Awesome book. As an Air Force Engineer this basically covered all of my personal interests and I'd recommend it to anyone.
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