Fokker W.2
Appearance
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The W.2 taking off | |
Role | Prototypemaritime patrol aircraft |
Manufacturer | Fokker |
Designer | Anthony Fokker |
First flight | 1913 |
Number built | 1 |
TheFokker W.2was aprototypetwo-seatbiplanefloatplaneintended to meet anImperial German Navyrequirement for amaritime patrol aircraft.During flight testing its designer,Anthony Fokker,discovered that it could not meet the requirements. He subsequently ordered it to be dismantled and used many of its components in the W.3hydroplane.
Bibliography
[edit]- Herris, Jack (2020).Fokker Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Spinne–M.10 & Watercraft: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes.Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 51. n.p.: Aeronaut Books.ISBN978-1-953201-05-8.
- Leaman, Paul (2001).Fokker Aircraft of World War One.Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press.ISBN1-86126-353-8.