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Anthony Fokker

Author : Marc Dierikx
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588346161
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Anthony Fokker written by Marc Dierikx and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family and developed a gift for tinkering with mechanics. Despite not receiving a traditional education, he stumbled his way into aviation as a young stunt pilot in Germany in 1910. He survived a series of spectacular airplane crashes and rose to fame within a few years. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading aircraft manufacturer during World War I, making him a multimillionaire by his midtwenties. When the German Revolution swept the country in 1918 and 1919, Fokker made a spectacular escape to the United States. He set up business in New York and New Jersey in 1921, and shortly thereafter became the world's largest aircraft manufacturer. The U.S. Army and Navy acquired his machines, and his factories equipped legendary carriers such as Pan American and TWA at the dawn of commercial air transport. Yet despite his astounding success, his empire collapsed in the late 1920s after a series of ill-conceived business decisions and deeply upsetting personal dramas. In 1927, aviator Richard Byrd solicited a Fokker three-engine plane to be the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic. The plane was damaged on a test flight and Charles Lindbergh beat him to it. Lindbergh's solo adventure in the Spirit of St. Louis earned him--and cost Fokker--a lasting place in the history books. Using previously undiscovered records and primary sources, Marc Dierikx traces Fokker's extraordinary life and celebrates his spectacular achievements.

Anthony Fokker

Author : Marc Dierikx
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588346153
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Flying Dutchman

Author : Anthony H. G. Fokker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flying Dutchman written by Anthony H. G. Fokker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1938 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Dutchman

Author : Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Flying Dutchman written by Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flying Dutchman

Author : Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780781281348
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Flying Dutchman written by Anthony Herman Gerald Fokker and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bonded Leather binding

Flying Dutchman

Author : Anthony H. G. Fokker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (444 download)

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Download or read book Flying Dutchman written by Anthony H. G. Fokker and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Marked for Death

Author : James Hamilton-Paterson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681771977
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Marked for Death written by James Hamilton-Paterson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic and fascinating account of aerial combat during World War I, revealing the terrible risks taken by the men who fought and died in the world's first war in the air. Little more than ten years after the first powered flight, aircraft were pressed into service in World War I. Nearly forgotten in the war's massive overall death toll, some 50,000 aircrew would die in the combatant nations' fledgling air forces. The romance of aviation had a remarkable grip on the public imagination, propaganda focusing on gallant air 'aces' who become national heroes. The reality was horribly different. Marked for Death debunks popular myth to explore the brutal truths of wartime aviation: of flimsy planes and unprotected pilots; of burning nineteen-year-olds falling screaming to their deaths; of pilots blinded by the entrails of their observers. James Hamilton-Paterson also reveals how four years of war produced profound changes both in the aircraft themselves and in military attitudes and strategy. By 1918 it was widely accepted that domination of the air above the battlefield was crucial to military success, a realization that would change the nature of warfare forever.

FOKKER

Author : M. L. J. Dierikx
Publisher : Smithsonian Books (DC)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book FOKKER written by M. L. J. Dierikx and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1997-03-17 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The name Fokker is synonymous with early aviation warfare. Rising to prominence as a builder of biplanes and triplanes used extensively by Germany in World War I, Anthony Fokker (1890-1939) made aerial combat possible by inventing a device to synchronize machine gun fire with propellers. By 1918 he was the manufacturer of Germany's top fighter planes. A decade later, with his business interests extending from Germany and his native Holland to the United States, he headed the world's largest aircraft manufacturing conglomerate, renowned for an innovative trimotor plane." "Arguing that Fokker's early success was due as much to good timing and marketing strategies as to engineering genius, Marc Dierikx draws from archives in Europe and the United States to trace Fokker's mixed career as an aviation businessman. He shows how Fokker's reluctance to invest in research and development, his propensity for producing small-series, highly customized aircraft, and his struggle with quality control led to the eventual decline of his empire. The book describes how Fokker's eccentricities and constant travels had dramatic consequences on his personal life and how his financial strategies affected the sales of his planes. Dierikx also details Fokker's unfounded confidence in the giant F-32."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Flying Dutchman

Author : Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Flying Dutchman written by Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Three Wings for the Red Baron

Author : Leon Bennett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781907677137
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Three Wings for the Red Baron written by Leon Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Wings for the Red Baron explores the career of Manfred von Richthofen, top fighter pilot in the Imperial German Air Service during the First World War, and tells the story of his famous three-winged airplane, the Fokker Triplane. A descendant of prosperous landowners, Baron von Richthofen was no revolutionary. And yet, while seeking to fit in with his peers, he was often driven to move into new directions dictated by personal logic. Trained for the cavalry, he switched to the Air Service when machine guns doomed the fate of the horse soldier: if he were to die, it must not be a pointless death. As a flier, having to overcome a lack of talent for aerobatic maneuvering, he chose the duel as a role model: pilot versus pilot. He learned that much could be achieved with a powerful single-seater machine against a low powered and poorly maneuvering enemy two-seater. This became Richthofen's preferred form of combat, leading to an extraordinary series of victories. With the advent of fully aerobatic combat, Richthofen was forced to rethink his approach. The chance sighting of an agile British Sopwith Triplane demanded a fresh response. He enlisted the services of Anthony Fokker to design a competing German Triplane. This machine, the Red Baron's Three Wings, led to his final victories, and to his death. His death was unclear. Within the time span of minutes he was fired on from three different sources: fighter pilot Roy Brown, several ground based anti-aircraft machine gunners, and numerous infantry riflemen. One succeeded, but who? Fresh examination of the available evidence suggests that the unknown rifleman possibility deserves more attention. While not conclusive, much aerodynamic and probability reasoning favors the rifleman version. Strangely, a thorough examination of the triplane's characteristics by the British Sopwith, the French SPAD, the USA Curtiss and MIT revealed little that was praiseworthy. If anything, the six wingtips were a sure sign of high drag and a corresponding low speed. The resulting British rejection of the concept seems understandable. Yet in Fokker's hands, three wings, aided by fat airfoils and low weight design, supplied superb maneuverability. His design approach is fully detailed in the book. The special tactics employed by the Red Baron were crucial to the success of his Three Wings, in particular those downplaying speed and stressing agility. Numerous sketches included in the book serve to make the Red Baron's combat tactics clear. Three Wings for the Red Baron represents an important contribution to the study of the Red Baron and WWI aerial combat tactics.

the life of Anthony Fokker

Author : Anthony H. G. Fokker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book the life of Anthony Fokker written by Anthony H. G. Fokker and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fokker Eindecker in Action

Author : D. Edgar Brannon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780897473514
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Fokker Eindecker in Action written by D. Edgar Brannon and published by . This book was released on 1996-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskrivelse af de første, Fokker jagerflytyper

Pan Am at War

Author : Mark Cotta Vaz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510729518
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Pan Am at War written by Mark Cotta Vaz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pan Am at War chronicles the airline?s historic role in advancing aviation and serving America?s national interest before and during World War II. From its inception, Pan American Airways operated as the ?wings of democracy,? spanning six continents and placing the country at the leading edge of international aviation. At the same time, it was clandestinely helping to fight America?s wars. Utilizing government documents, declassified Freedom of Information Act material, and company documents, the authors have uncovered stories of Pan Am?s stunning role as an instrument of American might: The airline?s role in building air bases in Latin America and countering Axis interests that threatened the Panama Canal Creating transatlantic and trans-Africa supply lines for sending Lend-Lease equipment to Britain Cooperation with Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese nationalist government to pioneer the dangerous ?Hump? route over the Himalayas The dangerous seventeen-thousand-mile journey that took President Roosevelt to the high-stakes Casablanca Conference with Winston Churchill The daring flight that delivered uranium for the atomic bomb. Filled with larger-than-life characters, and revelations of the vision and technology it took to dominate the skies, Pan Am at War provides a gripping unknown history of the American Century.

Prominent Dutch American Entrepreneurs

Author : C. Carl Pegels
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1617355011
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Prominent Dutch American Entrepreneurs written by C. Carl Pegels and published by IAP. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the stories of the more successful Dutch American entrepreneurs, active in the United States, with some going back as far as 400 years. The majority of the entrepreneurs covered in the book were active during the past 150 years. Each of the individuals covered represent an enterprise that was well known during its respective era. In some of the cases the individuals were better known than the enterprises they represented, and some became historic figures. Some of the more famous Dutch American entrepreneurs are Cornelius Vanderbilt, and his son William Vanderbilt, transportation entrepreneurs in the nineteenth century. Also famous during the early nineteenth century was DeWitt Clinton, the driving force behind the building of the Erie Canal. During the twentieth century, there were such famous Dutch American entrepreneurs as Cecil B. DeMille, Darryl Zanuck, and others in the entertainment industry. The most successful entrepreneurs, still alive today, are the billionaire businessmen, the Koch brothers, who own the multibillion dollar Koch Industries, an oil and chemical industry firm. The book’s audience consists of academics, the public, and specifically the Dutch American public, numbering from 6 to 10 million people. The book is also an important source book and reader for college courses in Entrepreneurship, American History, Culture, Society and Economy.

Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology

Author : Lance Day
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134650191
Total Pages : 1527 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology written by Lance Day and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 1527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Biographical Dictionary seeks to put the world of technology in the context of those who have made the most important contribution to it. For the first time information has been gathered on the people who have made the most significant advances in technology. From ancient times to the present day, the major inventors, discoverers and entrepreneurs from around the world are profiled, and their contribution to society explained and assessed. Structure The Dictionary presents descriptive and analytical biographies of its subjects in alphabetical order for ease of reference. Each entry provides detailed information on the individual's life, work and relevance to their particular field. * in the first part of the entry, the information will include the dates and places of the subject's birth and death, together with their nationality and their field of activity * in the main body of the entry there follows an account of their principal achievements and their significance in the history of technology, along with full details of appointments and honours * finally an annotated bibliography will direct the reader to the subject's principal writings and publications and to the most important secondary works which the reader can consult for further information. Special Features: * The first work in existence to examine technologists in detail * Contains over 1,500 entries giving detailed information * Extensive cross-references enable the reader to compare subjects and build up a picture of technological advance^ * Figures drawn from fields such as Aeronautics, Telecommunications, Architecture, Photography and Textiles

FAA Aviation News

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book FAA Aviation News written by and published by . This book was released on 1972-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contact!

Author : Henry Serrano Villard
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486423272
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Contact! written by Henry Serrano Villard and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This informative account recaptures the thrill of the pioneering days of aviation, back before flying was taken for granted. Among the significant and colorful figures covered are the Wright Brothers, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Farman, Glenn H. Curtiss, and other aviators from around the world. 84 black-and-white illustrations.