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List Of Triplanes
This is a list of aircraft types having triplane wings. ! Type ! Country ! Date ! Role ! Status ! Notes , - , Albatros Dr.I , , Germany , , 1917 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Albatros D.V biplane. , - , Albatros Dr.II , , Germany , , 1918 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Based on the Albatros D.X biplane. , - , American Flea , , USA , , data-sort-value="1939.5", c. 1939 , , Private , , Homebuilt , , Triplane variant of the Mignet Pou du Ciel. Lower wing plane is all-moving ailerons. , - , Armstrong Whitworth F.K.5 , , United Kingdom , , 1915 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Never flown. Middle wing longer span than the others. , - , Armstrong Whitworth F.K.6 , , United Kingdom , , 1916 , , Fighter , , Prototype , , Middle wing longer span than the others. , - , Astoux-Vedrines , , France , , data-sort-value="1916.5", c. 1916 , , Experimental , , Prototype , , Wing incidence could be varied in flight. , - , Austin Osprey , , United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. The company operated under several different names. It was founded in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, and became famous for its fighter aircraft in World War I. In 1919 the company moved its operations to the Netherlands. During its most successful period in the 1920s and 1930s, it dominated the civil aviation market. Fokker went into bankruptcy in 1996, and its operations were sold to competitors. History Fokker in Germany At age 20, while studying in Germany, Anthony Fokker built his initial aircraft, the Fokker Spin, ''Spin'' (Spider)—the first Dutch-built plane to fly in his home country. Taking advantage of better opportunities in Germany, he moved to Berlin, where in 1912, he founded his first company, Fokker Aeroplanbau, later moving to the Görries suburb just southwest of Schwerin (at ), where the current company was founded, as Fokker Aviatik GmbH, on 12 February 1912. World War I Fokker ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
