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Fokker D.VII

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 160-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine.
Flying

World War I Biplane Replica Makes First Oshkosh Appearance

A unique, one-of-a-kind replica of the formidable WWI German Fokker D.VII biplane made its debut at EAA AirVenture. Owned by non-pilot Buck Toenges, the aircraft was the result of a multi-decade, ...
Flying

Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter Looted During WWII to Be Returned

Eight decades after a Dutch Fokker D.VII Fighter was looted by Nazis, the World War I-era fighter biplane is set to return to the Netherlands, the National Military Museum (NMM) located there ...
Newsday

At Cradle of Aviation Museum, restoration of WWI Fokker D.VII replica almost complete

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 ...
Poughkeepsie Journal

What to know about replica WWI plane involved in Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome fatal crash

The Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York canceled its remaining air shows for the season after a World War I replica plane crashed on Oct. 5, killing 60-year-old pilot and board member Brian Coughlin.