Fokker - Nachbauten / Fokker E.III

Diese Flugzeuge fliegen zu sehen ist sicher toll, aber zuvor muss sie jemand bauen. Diese Bildserie gibt einen Einblick in die Feinheiten und den Aufwand solcher handgefertigter Flugzeuge. http://www.fokker-team.de A series of images taken during the construction of three reproduction aircraft of that type that I built. One of them still belongs to me and is on long term loan to "The Australian Vintage Aviation Society" or short TAVAS. It will be returned to Gemany in full flying condition in 2030. It is currently being finished up there and will be powered in flight by a 100 HP Rotary engine, which is also a magnificent reproduction made by Tony Wytenburg of Classic Aero Machining Service (CAMS), in Blenheim NZ. http://www.cams.net.nz You may learn more about the plane and updates about its progress here: http://www.tavas.com.au/the-aircraft.php These images are supposed to give you insight into the design features of this very plane and the level of detail with respect of staying as close to the original as our research allows us to. Since the technology used in this aircraft dates back to 1913 and was hardly changed until the abandon of the type in 1916, it well represents Fokkers advanced method of aircraft design of those early days of aviation. The combination of steeltube frames for the fuselage and wooden wing construction was used for the first time in a military fighter plane and mass production of aircraft. It remained in use untill after the Second World War when fighter planes still employed this feature. After the war it set the standarts in sailplane design for several more decates.