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Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation (2018)

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Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviator Anthony Fokker- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviationtells 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. Louisearned 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. (Source: Publisher)

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Authors & Contributors
Brady, Tim
Connolly, Thomas J.
Dierikx, M. L. J.
Ferguson, Robert G.
Jungdahl, Adam
Schmaltz, Florian
Journals
Air Power History
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
History and Technology
The Journal of Transport History
Publishers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Boom
McFarland
University of Nebraska Press
William Morrow
Branden Books
Concepts
World War II
Aviation
Aircraft industry
Aircraft; airplanes
Biographies
Air pilots
People
Fokker, Anthony Herman Gerard
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus
Cochrane, Jacqueline
Wellman, Walter
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Australia
Canada
Europe
France
Institutions
United States Navy
Lockheed Advanced Development Company
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