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 53☃6′45.90″N 11☂2′31.60″E / 53.6127500°N 11.3754444☎ / 53.6127500 11.3754444), where the current company was founded, as Fokker Aviatik GmbH, on 12 February 1912. History Fokker's first airplane, the Spin (Spider) (1910) Fokker in Germany Īt age 20, while studying in Germany, Anthony Fokker built his initial aircraft, the Spin (Spider)-the first Dutch-built plane to fly in his home country. Fokker went into bankruptcy in 1996, and its operations were sold to competitors. In 1919 the company moved its operations to the Netherlands.ĭuring its most successful period in the 1920s and 1930s, it dominated the civil aviation market. It was founded in 1912 in Berlin, Germany, and became famous for its fighter aircraft in World War I.
The company operated under several different names. 'Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker'), was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer named after its founder, Anthony Fokker. Koninklijke Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek Fokker ( lit.
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